Klášterec nad Orlicí () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Administrative division Klášterec nad Orlicí consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Klášterec nad Orlicí (634) Čihák (5) Jedlina (32) Lhotka (136) Zbudov (81)
Etymology The Czech word klášterec is a diminutive of klášter, i.e. 'monastery'. The name refers to a small fortified monastery, which used to stand here when the village was founded.
Geography
Klášterec nad Orlicí is located about northeast of Ústí nad Orlicí and east of Pardubice. It lies in the Orlické Mountains. The highest point is the hill Bučina at above sea level. The Divoká Orlice River flows through the municipality.
History Klášterec nad Orlicí was most likely founded before 1280. The first written mention of the village is in a document of bishop Tobiáš of Bechyně from the period between 1279 and 1290, in which he praises the intention to build a monastery in this landscape. The next mention is in the bull of Pope Boniface VIII from 1295. The village was originally formed by two parts named Orlík and Orlička. The name Klášterec first appeared after 1395.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a valuable example of a rural church. It was founded at the end of the 13th century and rebuilt in the late Gothic style in 1452–1453. Later it was modified in the Renaissance and Baroque styles. The church complex also includes a late Baroque ossuary from 1793, an enclosure wall, and a calvary from 1799.
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