Zlatá Olešnice (Trutnov District)

Zlata Olešnice ( German gold oil ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located seven kilometers north-east of Trutnov in the east of Rehorngebirges and belongs to Okres Trutnov.

Geography

The village is situated in the valley of a small tributary to Ličná. The main street of Zlata Olešnice forms the state road 16 leading to the Polish Lubawka of Trutnov. West Valley in Ličná the railway line from Trutnov leads to Královec. South of Zlata Olešnice runs a triple bunker line of the Czechoslovak Walls, which crosses the Ličná Valley and on which the fort Stachelberg is on the opposite side of the valley. In the east the state border with Poland.

Neighboring towns are Křenov, Maly Křenov, Lampertice and Bernartice in the north, Rybníček in the northeast, Okrzeszyn in the east, Petříkovice and abandoned place Debrné the southeast, Nové Voletiny in the south, Libec the southwest, Babí in the west and Prkenny Dul and Žacléř in the northwest.

History

The first mention of Zlata Olešnice dates back to 1297th Along the village stream gold-washings were operated in the Middle Ages. From the mid-19th century made ​​gold oil a municipality in the district court or in the district Trautenau Trautenau. Gold had oil in 1900 659 inhabitants, in 1939 there were 589 After the Second World War, the German inhabitants were expelled.

Attractions

• Church of St. Catherine, Renaissance
• Fortifications of the Czechoslovak fortification walls with spiked mountain at Babí
• Remains of the castle Rechenburk at Libec
• Chapel in the deserted village Debrné

Sons and daughters of the town

• Helmuth Möhwald (* 1946), German physicist