Potštejn

Geobox | Settlement
name = Potštejn
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category = Village


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symbol = Potštejn_CoA_CZ.svg
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country = Czech Republic
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region = Hradec Králové
region_type = Region
district = Rychnov nad Kněžnou
district_type = District
municipality = Rychnov nad Kněžnou
municipality_type = Little District
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elevation = 315
lat_d = 50
lat_m = 4
lat_s = 55.53
lat_NS = N
long_d = 16
long_m = 18
long_s = 32.1
long_EW = E
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area = 9.05
area_round = 2
population = 917
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population_density = auto
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mayor = Petr Dostál
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map_background = Czechia - background map.png map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
map_locator = Czechia
commons = Potštejn
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website = [http://www.potstejn.cz/ www.potstejn.cz]
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Potštejn (German name was Pottenstein) is municipality, Hradec Králové Region in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District. From the end of the 19th century till 1924 the name Potštýn nad Orlicí was used.

The name of the municipality was derived from name of castle with the same name, which was called by its founder Půta (Puota) of Drslavic: Puota's stone, Puttenstein, misspelled as Potštejn.

One of the famous owners of the castle was the "robber! baron Mikuláš. King Karel IV. During a siege of the castle Mikuláš died in the ruins, the castle was later rebuilt by King Karel IV..

The castle Potštejn was famed in Alois Jirásek`s novel "Poklad".

The renewed Jednota Bratrská was founded in Potštejn in 1870.