Svoboda nad Úpou - the bridge over the Úpou River

In ancient times, the first possible way to get from one bank of the Úpa to the other in today's Svoboda nad Úpou (formerly Freiheit) was by wading. The ford was located a little higher upstream than the current steel riveted bridge in 5. května Street.
The original bridge in this place was a covered wooden one, probably a suspension bridge. At least that's how Mr. Simon Hüttl mentions it in the Trutnov Chronicle in 1553. The bridge was...
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