Trutnov District

Trutnov District (okres Trutnov) is a district in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Trutnov.

Administrative division
Trutnov District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Trutnov, Dvůr Králové nad Labem and Vrchlabí.

List of municipalities
Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Batňovice - Bernartice - Bílá Třemešná - Bílé Poličany - Borovnice - Borovnička - Čermná - Černý Důl - Chotěvice - Choustníkovo Hradiště - Chvaleč - Dolní Branná - Dolní Brusnice - Dolní Dvůr - Dolní Kalná - Dolní Lánov - Dolní Olešnice - Doubravice - Dubenec - Dvůr Králové nad Labem - Hajnice - Havlovice - Horní Brusnice - Horní Kalná - Horní Maršov - Horní Olešnice - Hostinné - Hřibojedy - Janské Lázně - Jívka - Klášterská Lhota - Kocbeře - Kohoutov - Královec - Kuks - Kunčice nad Labem - Lampertice - Lánov - Lanžov - Libňatov - Libotov - Litíč - Malá Úpa - Malé Svatoňovice - Maršov u Úpice - Mladé Buky - Mostek - Nemojov - Pec pod Sněžkou - Pilníkov - Prosečné - Radvanice - Rtyně v Podkrkonoší - Rudník - Špindlerův Mlýn - Stanovice - Staré Buky - Strážné - Suchovršice - Svoboda nad Úpou - Třebihošť - Trotina - Trutnov - Úpice - Velké Svatoňovice - Velký Vřešťov - Vilantice - Vítězná - Vlčice - Vlčkovice v Podkrkonoší - Vrchlabí - Zábřezí-Řečice - Žacléř - Zdobín - Zlatá Olešnice

Geography
Trutnov District borders Poland in the north. The territory of the district has a highly fragmented terrain with large differences in height. The mountain massif in the north gradually turns into uplands that continues to the south of the district. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Giant Mountains (north), Giant Mountains Foothills (centre), Broumov Highlands (northeast), Jičín Uplands (south) and East Elbe Table (small part in the south). The highest point of the district and of the entire country is the mountain Sněžka in Pec pod Sněžkou with an elevation of 1603 m, the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in Kuks at 264 m.

From the total district area of 1146.7 km2, agricultural land occupies 495.4 km2, forests occupy 539.4 km2, and water area occupies 12.0 km2. Forests cover 47.0% of the district's area.

The most important river is the Elbe, which originates here and crosses the territory from northwest to south. The Úpa also originates here, flows through the eastern part of the district and flows into the Elbe outside the district. Other notable rivers that originate here, but soon after leave the territory, are the Bóbr and Bystřice. The area is poor in bodies of water. The largest body of water is the Les Království Reservoir.

Most of the Giant Mountains area of the district is protected as the Krkonoše National Park and belongs to the most valuable area of the country thanks to a significant amount of rare flora and fauna. In the east, the Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area extends into the district.

Economy
The largest employers with headquarters in Trutnov District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport
There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important roads are the I/14 from Náchod to Liberec, the I/16 from Jičín to the Czech-Polish border, and the I/37, which connects Trutnov with the D11 motorway.

Sights
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
 * Kuks Hospital
 * Braun's Nativity Scene near Kuks in Hřibojedy and Stanovice
 * Dřevěnka Inn in Úpice
 * Les Království Reservoir in Bílá Třemešná and Nemojov
 * Hostinné Town Hall

The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:


 * Baroque complex in Kuks (monument reservation)
 * Dvůr Králové nad Labem
 * Hostinné
 * Pilníkov
 * Trutnov
 * Vrchlabí
 * Žacléř
 * Chotěborky
 * Jívka-Dolní Vernéřovice
 * Malá Úpa-Šímovy Chalupy
 * Pec pod Sněžkou-Modrý Důl
 * Pec pod Sněžkou-Velké Tippeltovy Boudy
 * Radvanice

Five of the ten most visited tourist destinations of the Hradec Králové Region are located in Trutnov District. The most visited tourist destinations are Safari Park Dvůr Králové, Sněžka–Pec pod Sněžkou cable car, Krkonoše Tree Top Trail in Janské Lázně, Baroque complex in Kuks, and hiking trail from Špindlerův Mlýn-Jelení Boudy to Sněžka.