Hradec Králové

Hradec Králové (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦradɛts ˈkraːlovɛː] ( listen); German: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region of Bohemia. The city's economy is based on food-processing technology, photochemical, and electronics manufacture. Traditional industries include musical instrument manufacturing – the best known being PETROF pianos. The University of Hradec Králové is located in the city, and Charles University in Prague has a medical school and a pharmaceutical department there. The city lies at the confluence of the Elbe and the Orlice river. The original name of one of the oldest settlements in the Czech Republic was Hradec (the Castle); Králové (of the queen) was affixed when it became one of the...