Roprachtice is a municipality and village in

Semily District Semily District () is a Okres, district in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Semily, but the most populated town is Turnov. Administrative division Semily District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Rep ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Geography

Roprachtice is located about northeast of

Semily Semily (; ) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Semily consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Semily (2,554) *Bítoucho ...

and southeast of

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

. It lies in the

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. The highest point is the hill Chlum with an altitude of . The Hrádecký Brook originates here and flows across the municipality.

History

Roprachtice was probably founded in the 13th century. The first written mention of the village is from 1352. The oldest known owners of the village were the

Waldstein family The House of Waldstein (Valdstejn, Valdonio, or Wallenstein) is an old, wealthy and important noble family from Central Europe (Germany and the Czech Republic). They owned many castles across Europe. Origin The House of Waldstein or House of V ...

. Important owners of Roprachtice also included the Caretto-Millesimo family and the

House of Rohan The House of Rohan () is a Bretons, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan, Morbihan, Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and is said to tr ...

, who owned it in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Roprachtice is the Church of the Holy Trinity from 1766. A valuable building is also the rectory, which dates from 1793. ''U borovice'' is a privately owned observation tower. It is a high brick and stone tower with wooden gallery. Next to the tower is a museum of typewriters.

In popular culture

The movies ''Forgotten Light'' and ''Krakonoš a lyžníci'' were filmed mainly in Roprachtice.

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Semily District