Rudník (Trutnov District)

Rudník (until 1952 Heřmanovy Sejfy; Hermannseifen) is a municipality and village in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages of Arnultovice and Javorník are administrative parts of Rudník.

Geography
Rudník is located about 12 km west of Trutnov and 41 km north of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Giant Mountains Foothills. The highest point is the hill Smrčina at 687 m above sea level. The village is situated at the confluence of the Luční and Bolkovský streams.

History
The first written mention of Rudník is from 1354. It was founded during the colonization of the Giant Mountains in the 13th century by German immigrants who mined ore here. The most notable owners of the village were the Waldstein family, who held it from 1521 to 1706. They further developed the mining and processing of ores, and contributed to the building development of the village.

The next owners were a branch of the House of Schwarzenberg, who merged it with the Vlčice estate. In 1790, the estate was bought by the Barons Theers of Silberstein, who had the castle and stone school building built in the village. They sold the village to the Klug family in 1880. The Klugs established here a bleaching plant, a dyeing plant and a mechanical weaving plant.

Transport
The I/14 road (the section from Liberec to Trutnov) passes through the municipality.

Sights
The Rudník Castle, also called Silbersteins' Castle, was built for Josef Karel Theer of Silberstein in the 1830s. In 1858, it was rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style. Today it serves as a hotel.