Adrspach

Thousands years ago, the whole area including the rocks as well as the border mountain ranges of the Krkonose and the Orlicke Hory Mountains was covered with virgin forest. This vast forested area was known even to the Romans as the Hercynian Forest. It is believed that an old route connecting the Elbe River Basin (via the East Bohemian settlement area, the Branka (Gate) Pass and the Klodzko Basin) the Baltic Sea coast where sought-after amber deposits were located. There is an unique finding of a bowl along with some fragments of ceramics from the Upper St. Hill near Adrspach originating from the Early Laten (Celtic) Age. As far as the countryside was covered by the vast and thick forest that started to be colonized as late as in the 13th century, the interesting rock formations were not visible. The border forest provided natural protection to the Czech Land. The first historic references to the sandstone rock formations describe the Broumov Walls. This rocky range dividing the Police and Broumov basins was known even to the prehistoric people. The apt name of the Walls is first documented in 1213 and 1229 in the Brevnov Monastery documents. At that time the colonization had reached the edge of the Adrspach-Teplice Rock area from two directions: from the east along the Metuje River and from the west along the Drevic (Olsovka) Creek. The starting point here was probably the village of Starkov. At the end of the 13th century the town of Teplice was found on the Metuje River and two fortified castles (Strmen and Adrspach) built in the rocks. Along with the third fortified castle (Skaly) that was built later they were strong defensive points in the wilderness.

Adrspach - information

District: Náchod
County: Hradec Králové Region
Inhabitants: 530
Inhabitants 15-65: 411
Post office:
ZIP:
Land register: 2
Land area: 1971.53 m²
School: no
Sanitation: yes
Police: no

Adrspach - Map

GPS: 50°37'26.81"N 16°4'52.43"E

Photographs Adrspach

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