Borová Lada


Borová Lada is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
WWW borova-lada.cz

Administrative division

Borová Lada consists of eight municipal parts :
  • Borová Lada
  • Černá Lada
  • Knížecí Pláně
  • Nový Svět
  • Paseka
  • Šindlov
  • Svinná Lada
  • Zahrádky

Etymology

The original German name Ferchenhaid was derived from the words Föhre and Heide. The Czech name is a translation of the German one.

Geography

Borová Lada is located about west of Prachatice and west of České Budějovice, on the border with Germany. It lies in the Bohemian Forest and mostly in the Šumava National Park. The highest point is the mountain Světlá hora at above sea level. The Teplá Vltava River flows through the municipality. The Volyňka River originates in the woods on the slope of the Světlá hora. The territory of Borová Lada is densely forested. There are moors in the northern part of the municipality.

History

Borová Lada was founded around 1750, It was founded on the initiative of the owner of this territory, Prince Adam Franz of Schwarzenberg. In 1855, the population comprised 230 people, and in 1930 384 people, most of them ethnic Germans. After World War II, they were expelled.

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

Borová Lada is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is the house No. 11, a rural house from the first half of the 19th century.