| Vraclav | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pardubice |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ústí nad Orlicí |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.9681°N 16.09°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1073 |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.90 |
| Elevation M: | 310 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 768 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 565 42 |
Vraclav (German: Wratzlau) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
The villages of Sedlec and Svatý Mikuláš are administrative parts of Vraclav.
The initial name of the village was Vratislav, derived from the same personal name. From the 16th century, the shortened form Vraclav appeared.[2]
Vraclav is located about west of Ústí nad Orlicí and 23km (14miles) southeast of Pardubice. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is the Kamenec hill at 337m (1,106feet) above sea level.
A gord was established here in the mid-11th century. The first written mention of Vraclav is from 1073.[3]
The I/17 road (which is here shortly a part of the European route E442) passes through the northern part of the municipality.
The main sight is the Baroque complex of the former pilgrimage Church of Saint Nicholas. In 1711, a spa was established here, near a spring of water that was considered curative. A local chapel was replaced by the church in 1724–1726. The spa and the pilgrimage site almost disappeared in the first half of the 19th century. The complex was reconstructed in 1976–1986. In the former church there is an exposition administered by Vysoké Mýto Regional Museum.[4]