Potštejn
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Potštejn is municipality
, Hradec Králové Region
in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District
. From the end of the 19th century till 1924 the name Potštýn nad Orlicí was used.
The name of the municipality was derived from name of castle with the same name, which was called by its founder Půta (Puota) of Drslavic: Puota's stone, Puttenstein, misspelled as Potštejn.
One of the famous owners of the castle was the "robber! baron Mikuláš. King Karel IV.
During a siege of the castle Mikuláš died in the ruins, the castle was later rebuilt by King Karel IV.
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The castle Potštejn was famed in Alois Jirásek
`s novel Poklad.
The renewed Jednota Bratrská
was founded in Potštejn in 1870.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
, Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové....
in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District
Rychnov nad Knežnou District
Rychnov nad Kněžnou District is a district within Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the town of Rychnov nad Kněžnou.-Complete list of towns and villages:Albrechtice nad Orlicí -Bačetín -...
. From the end of the 19th century till 1924 the name Potštýn nad Orlicí was used.
The name of the municipality was derived from name of castle with the same name, which was called by its founder Půta (Puota) of Drslavic: Puota's stone, Puttenstein, misspelled as Potštejn.
One of the famous owners of the castle was the "robber! baron Mikuláš. King Karel IV.
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....
During a siege of the castle Mikuláš died in the ruins, the castle was later rebuilt by King Karel IV.
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....
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The castle Potštejn was famed in Alois Jirásek
Alois Jirásek
Alois Jirásek was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a secondary-school teacher until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of historical novels imbued with faith in his nation and in progress toward freedom and justice...
`s novel Poklad.
The renewed Jednota Bratrská
Unity of the Brethren
The Unity of the Brethren is a Christian denomination whose roots are in the pre-reformation work of priest and philosopher Jan Hus, who was martyred in 1415.-History in Bohemia:...
was founded in Potštejn in 1870.