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Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Malá Úpa

Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Malá Úpa

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Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Malá Úpa

Name: Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Malá Úpa
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Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Northeast, Czech Republic

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Ludek Smoldas 🇨🇿

July 21, 2022

As the name itself suggests, the dominant feature of this part of the village is the late Baroque wooden church of St. Peter and Paul, built in 1788-1789, located exactly in the middle of Malá Úpa. It burned down in 1806 and was later rebuilt. Nearby you will find a small cemetery, a former school from 1797 and a statue of St. Jan Nepomucký from 1859. Location The church is the most romantic part of Malá Úpa.

The village of Malá Úpa was founded by woodworkers from Carinthia and other Alpine countries in 1566. In 1609, the Kutnohorsk Mines Commission had to stop logging in the Krkonoše Mountains, because most of the stands had been cleared. Part of the lumbermen thus became settlers, whose main activity and livelihood was cattle and goat breeding. Another source of livelihood was smuggling.

An important event for local residents was the visit of Emperor Joseph II. in 1779, which gave impetus to the construction of the picturesque mountain church of St. Peter and Paul. At one time, this church was the highest church in the Czech Republic. The development of tourism and hospitality took place only after the First World War. However, it continued to maintain a distinctly agricultural character, making it different from neighboring Velká Úpa and Peca pod Sněžkou, where many cottages were converted into boarding houses. That is why it has preserved the original character of a purely mountain settlement with typical huts and cottages of folk architecture, scattered along the mountain slopes.

Malá Úpa consists of several parts, the most important of which are Pomezní Budy, U kostele and Spálený Mlýn.

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