Malé Svatoňovice

Malé Svatoňovice(Czech pronunciation: [ˈmalɛː ˈsvatoɲovɪtsɛ]; German: Klein Schwadowitz) is a village and municipality in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic at the bottom of Jestřebí hory, near the Krkonoše. Malé Svatoňovice has approximately 1,587 citizens and area is 6,75 km². There is large train station which was built in 1850's and enlarged during the World War II. The train station is so large due to coal mines. There are many interesting geological places: hronov-porici fault, old mines and exposure of Permian-Mesozoic rocks. Malé Svatoňovice is starting point of many tourism trails. Malé Svatoňovice is the birth place of Karel Čapek (born January 9, 1890), one of the most famous Czech writers. There is a Čapek...