Svoboda nad Úpou

Svoboda nad Úpou ( German: freedom ) is a town in the valley of the Upa. It is located between the Giant Mountains and the Rehorngebirge.

History

The previously uninhabited area was from 1560 populated by recruited Tyrolean woodcutters. The settlement at the entrance of the inhospitable Aupatales received the name of "freedom" and not unjustly: from here you could chop wood, make land arable and take possession and was no master a subject, except of course the Emperor directly for the military service. Initially the site was dominated by agriculture, in the 19th century founded Prosper Joseph Mary Piette a paper factory. Since 1871 Svoboda nad Úpou terminus of the railway line Trutnov - Svoboda nad Úpou. 1939 lived in the town of 1,271 inhabitants.

Three miles west is the Janské Lázně.

Boroughs

For the city of Svoboda nad Úpou no districts are reported. At Svoboda nad Úpou the Katastralbezirke Dolni Maršov ( Marschendorf I) and Maršov include II ( Marschendorf II).

Attractions

• Catholic. Church of St. John of Nepomuk
• Statues of the Virgin Mary, St.. Florian and St.. Anthony on the Main Square
• Theodor -Körner- Stele, erected in 1913 on the forest cemetery in Marschendorf

Personalities

• František turn (1904-1968), Nordic skier, was born in freedom in the Upa

Freeman

• Jerome Roth (1826-1897), mayor of Trautenau
• Eduard autumn (1820-1892), German Liberal deputy of the Imperial Council
• Bernhard Pauer, doctor in Johannisbad ( 1827-1908 ).
• Johann Etrich (1836-1912), a textile manufacturer in Trautenau
• Josef Etrich (1829-1901), a textile manufacturer in Trautenau - Oberaltstadt
• Ignaz Etrich (1839-1927), a textile manufacturer in Jermer
• Josef Creator (* 1860), district captain in Trautenau
• Ottomar Klement (1855-1907), district school in Trautenau
• Joseph Kahl (1857-1907), senior teacher in freedom
• Eduard Maria Prosper Piette -Rivage (1846-1928), kk Commerce, owner of the paper mill Marschendorf
• Franz Stephan (1851-1920), wax factory owner in freedom; from 1908