Trutnov

Trutnov is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic, with about 29,000 inhabitants. It sits in hilly country on the Úpa River about 39 kilometres north of Hradec Králové, at the edge of the Giant Mountains foothills, and a small part of its territory touches the Polish border. The German name is Trautenau. The town was founded around 1250 by a noble family from Švábenice, was first recorded in writing in 1260 and was bought by King Wenceslaus II in 1301. From 1400 to 1599 it served as a dowry town of the Bohemian queens. In 1866 it was the site of the Battle of Trautenau in the Austro-Prussian War. The well preserved historic centre around Krakonošovo náměstí is protected as an urban monument zone. The town hosts the Trutnov Open Air Music Festival and has been home to the Krakonoš Brewery since 1582.