| Orlické Záhoří | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hradec Králové |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rychnov nad Kněžnou |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.2844°N 16.4522°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1571 |
| Area Total Km2: | 29.15 |
| Elevation M: | 649 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 208 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 517 64 |
Orlické Záhoří is a municipality and village in the Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
The name may be approximately translated as "Orlické Transmountain Area".
Orlické Záhoří is located about east of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Orlické Mountains. The highest point is a contour line on the slope of the Jelenka mountain at 1064m (3,491feet) above sea level. The municipality consists of several settlements scattered in the Divoká Orlice valley. It lies along the border with Poland, which matches the flow of the Divoká Orlice river in this area.
The settlement of the area is connected with the work of glassmakers and lumberjacks in the Orlické Mountains from 1590–1600. Orlické Záhoří was established in 1951 by merger of settlements Bedřichovka, Černá Voda, Jadrná, Kunštát, Trčkov and Zelenka.[2]
The municipality has the road and pedestrian border crossing Orlické Záhoří / Mostowice and the pedestrian border crossing Bedřichovka / Lasówka to Poland.
The main landmark of Orlické Záhoří is the Church of Saint John the Baptist. It was built in the late Baroque style in 1754–1763, when it replaced an old wooden church.[3]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Orlické Záhoří is twinned with:[4]
Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Poland