Svoboda nad Úpou


Svoboda nad Úpou is a town in the Czech Republic. It has a population of 2,082 and lies in the Krkonoše in the valley of the Úpa River.
Based on the chronicle of Simon Hüttel from Trutnov, Svoboda nad Úpou was founded in 1009. The first historic record dates from 1533. In 1546 Svoboda nad Úpou was granted the status of market town by Emperor Ferdinand I., receiving many privileges of a mining town. In 1580 Svoboda nad Úpou was made into a town by Emperor Rudolf II. Later the mining stopped in the area, but in Svoboda nad Úpou became an important industrial town when paper mills were built in the 19th century. In 1871 railway was brought here. From 1938 to 1945 it was one of the municipalities in Sudetenland.

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