Náchod - Gateway to Poland, gateway to Bohemia

The town of Náchod is located on the Czech-Polish border on the banks of the Metuja River in a strategically important place where the old trade route connecting Prague with Kladsk and Poland narrows into a pass called Branka. The Metuje River forms a natural border between the Krkonoše foothills and the Eagle Mountains. The name Náchod dates back to the founding of the city and was created as a designation of a place where you walk or walk...
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Other places in the vicinity - Náchod - Gateway to Poland, gateway to the Czech Republic

A joint photo of participants in a trip of descendants of Czech exiles to Náchod from 1906

Visit of descendants of Czech evangelical exiles in Náchod in 1906

Castle in Náchod in the second half of the 2th century

How in 1674, German was almost preached in Náchod

View of the Náchod castle from 1740

Jan Václav, Prince Piccolomini, the black sheep of this family, who owned and did not own the Náchod manor

Náchod castle on a drawing by Adolf Liebscher from the second half of the 2th century

Vaněk Nosálovský from Nosálovice or Even in the Middle Ages there were thieves and swindlers in the ruling elite

Jewish town on Parkána in Náchod before 1910

The mysterious disappearance of Maria Červinková or the Little Náchod "hilsneriad"

Náchod - pillory in Náchod

Náchod - pillory in Náchod

Náchod (castle)

Náchod (castle)

Statue of St. Jan Nepomucký in Náchod

Statue of St. Jan Nepomucký in Náchod

Holy Trinity statue in Náchod

Holy Trinity statue in Náchod

Náchod - regional museum

Regional museum in Náchod