Roudnice is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
Etymology The name is derived from the red shades of colour (in Czech rudá) of the water in the local stream (formerly also called Roudnice), caused by the ore subsoil.
Geography Roudnice is located about west of Hradec Králové. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the East Elbe Table. There are several lakes created by flooding sand-gravel quarries. The stream Roudnický potok flows through the municipality.
History The first written mention of Roudnice is from 1384. At the end of the 14th century at the latest, a fortress was built north of the village. In 1513, it was acquired by the Pernštejn family and merged with the Pardubice estate. From 1560 until the abolition of serfdom in 1848, it was a property of the royal chamber.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights The only protected cultural monuments in the municipality are two Neoclassical homesteads.
Notable people Franciszek Ksawery Matejko (1789/1793–1860), musician and teacher
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