| Adršpach | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hradec Králové |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Náchod |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.6186°N 16.1086°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1348 |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.65 |
| Elevation M: | 554 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 493 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 549 52 |
Adršpach (German: Adersbach) is a municipality in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. It is known for the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks.
The municipality is made up of the villages of Dolní Adršpach and Horní Adršpach.
The initial German name of the settlement was Ebersbach, meaning "Eber's stream". Eber was an abbreviated form of the name Eberhart/Eberhard. The Czech name Adršpach was created by transliteration and gradual changes of the German name.[2]
Adršpach is located about north of Náchod and 49km (30miles) northeast of Hradec Králové. It borders Poland in the west. It lies in the Broumov Highlands. The highest point is the hill Dlouhý vrch at 698m (2,290feet) above sea level. The Metuje river flows through the municipality. The largest body of water is Lake Pískovna, created by flooding of a sandstone quarry.
The whole territory of Adršpach lies in the Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area. Adršpach is known for the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, a set of sandstone formations protected as a national nature reserve.
The first written mention of Adršpach is from 1348.[3]
Adršpach is located on the railway line Trutnov–Teplice nad Metují. The municipality is served by two train stations: Adršpach and Horní Adršpach.[4]
The main tourist destination is the Adršpach Castle in Dolní Adršpach. It is a small aristocratic residence, built for the Bohdanecký of Hodkov family in the Renaissance style at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.[5] Today, the castle houses the Climbing Museum and expositions about life at the castle and about flax industry.[6]
A cultural monument is the ruin of the original Gothic castle, located on a hill above Dolní Adršpach. The castle was probably founded in the first half of the 14th century, but it was demolished in 1447, after being occupied by robbers. A few fragments have survived.[7]
The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is located in the centre of Horní Adršpach. It is a rare example of a Neoclassical church in the region, built in 1827–1831.[8]
The nature in the municipality was used as the filming location for several films and TV series, including (2005) and The Musketeers (2014).[9]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Adršpach is twinned with:[10] [11]
