Gruna, Czech Republic


Gruna is a municipality and village in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
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Administrative division

Gruna consists of two municipal parts :
  • Gruna
  • Žipotín

Geography

Gruna is located about east of Svitavy and northwest of Olomouc. It lies on the border between the Zábřeh Highlands and Orlické Foothills. The highest point is a nameless hill at above sea level. The Třebůvka River briefly crosses the municipal territory in the southwest. The brook Grunský potok originates here and then flows through the village into the Třebůvka.

History

The first written mention of Gruna and Žipotín is from 1365, when Gruna belonged to the Moravská Třebová estate and Žipotín to the Cimburk estate. From 1398 at the latest, Žipotín was also a part of the Moravská Třebová estate. For almost its entire history, Gruna was an agricultural village.

Transport

The I/35 road passes through the municipality. It replaces the unfinished section of the D35 motorway from Olomouc to the Hradec Králové Region.

Sights

Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are a rural homestead from the first half of the 19th century and a locality with remains of a fortified market settlement called Radkov.