Malé Svatoňovice

Malé Svatoňovice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmalɛː ˈsvatoɲovɪtsɛ]; German: Klein Schwadowitz) is a village and municipality in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic at the bottom of Jestřebí hory, near the Krkonoše mountain range.

Malé Svatoňovice
Village
Baroque church of Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary (1734)
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  Studánka
Malé Svatoňovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°32′3″N 16°3′1″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Hradec Králové
District	Trutnov
Documented	1357
Government
• Mayor	Vladimír Provazník
Area
• Total	6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Elevation	441 m (1,447 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	1,504[1]
Postal code	542 34
Website	www.malesvatonovice.cz

As of 2018, the population of the village is 1,529, and the area is 6,75 km². There is a large railway station, built in the 1850s and enlarged during World War II for use in the coal mining industry.

Malé Svatoňovice is the starting point of many tourism trails. Places of geological interest in the area include the Hronov-Porici fault, abandoned mines, and exposed Permian-Mesozoic rocks.

In 1890, Malé Svatoňovice became the birthplace of Karel Čapek, one of the most famous Czech writers. There is a Čapek Brothers Museum in the village. Karel Čapek's brother Josef was the first Czech Cubist, and some of his work is displayed in the museum. Some locations in the village and surrounding areas were used by Karel Čapek in his book Nine Fairy Tales (also known as Fairy Tales), published in the United Kingdom in 1933.

Another author to use Studánka as the backdrop for her work was Božena Němcová, who mentioned Studánka as a pilgrimage destination in her 1855 novel The Grandmother (Czech: Babička).

In the central square of Malé Svatoňovice is a baroque Catholic church from 1734, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The church was built on the site of seven strong springs. The springs now rise in the chapel, which was built in 1732. In the upper part of the village is a crossroads with seven chapels.

The village also used to be home to hydrotherapy spas, which are now closed.