{{Infobox settlement | name = Adršpach | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality <!-- images --> | image_skyline = Adrspach zámek.jpg | image_caption = Adršpach Castle | image_flag = Flag_of_Adrspach.svg | image_shield = Adršpach CoA CZ.jpg <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Hradec Králové | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Náchod <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Czech Republic | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|50|37|7|N|16|6|31|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = | leader_name = <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1348 <!-- area --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 19.65 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 554 <!-- population --> | population_as_of = 2025-01-01 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2025-05-16}}</ref> | population_total = 482 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 549 52 | area_code_type = | area_code = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.obecadrspach.cz/}} | footnotes = }} '''Adršpach''' ({{langx|de|Adersbach}}) is a municipality in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. It is known for the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks.
==Administrative division== Adršpach consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}</ref> *Dolní Adršpach (131) *Horní Adršpach (337)
==Etymology== The initial German name of the settlement was Ebersbach, meaning "Eber's stream". Eber was an abbreviated form of the name Eberhart/Eberhard. The Czech name Adršpach was created by transliteration and gradual changes of the German name.<ref>{{cite book |last=Profous|first=Antonín|title=Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H|url=https://mjc.ujc.cas.cz/search.php|pages=4–5|year=1947|language=cs}}</ref>
==Geography== thumb|Adršpach-Teplice Rocks with Lake Pískovna Adršpach is located about {{convert|23|km}} north of Náchod and {{convert|49|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Hradec Králové. It borders Poland in the west. It lies in the Broumov Highlands. The highest point is the hill Dlouhý vrch at {{convert|698|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Metuje river flows through the municipality. The largest body of water is Lake Pískovna, created by flooding of a sandstone quarry.
The whole territory of Adršpach lies in the Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area. Adršpach is known for the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, a set of sandstone formations protected as a national nature reserve.
==History== The first written mention of Adršpach is from 1348.<ref>{{cite web |title=Názvy obce|url=https://www.obecadrspach.cz/obec-1/historie-1/nazvy-obce/|publisher=Obec Adršpach|language=cs|access-date=2022-10-31}}</ref>
==Demographics== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |1869|1424 |1880|1674 |1890|1660 |1900|1538 |1910|1605 |1921|1449 |1930|1490 |1950|789 |1961|660 |1970|565 |1980|609 |1991|535 |2001|508 |2011|511 |2021|468 |source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}
==Transport== Adršpach is located on the railway line Trutnov–Teplice nad Metují. The municipality is served by two train stations: ''Adršpach'' and ''Horní Adršpach''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Adršpach|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/adrspach/5457350|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2023-07-21}}</ref>
==Sights== thumb|Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross The main tourist destination is the Adršpach Castle in Dolní Adršpach. It is a small aristocratic residence, built for the Bohdanecký of Hodkov family in the Renaissance style at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zámek se zahradou|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/zamek-se-zahradou-12810862|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref> Today, the castle houses the Climbing Museum and expositions about life at the castle and about flax industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zámek|url=https://www.obecadrspach.cz/zamek-1/|publisher=Obec Adršpach|language=cs|access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>
A cultural monument is the ruin of the original Gothic castle, located on a hill above Dolní Adršpach. The castle was probably founded in the first half of the 14th century, but it was demolished in 1447, after being occupied by robbers. A few fragments have survived.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hrad Adršpach, zřícenina|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/hrad-adrspach-zricenina-2155243|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>
The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is located in the centre of Horní Adršpach. It is a rare example of a Neoclassical church in the region, built in 1827–1831.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Kříže|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-krize-12810826|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-12-01}}</ref>
==In popular culture== The nature in the municipality was used as the filming location for several films and TV series, including ''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' (2005) and ''The Musketeers'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web |title=Kůň se lekl klapky a unášel mě ze skal, vzpomíná Trávníček na Adršpach|url=https://www.idnes.cz/hradec-kralove/zpravy/filmova-mista-skaly-v-adrspachu.A160806_2264548_hradec-zpravy_the|publisher=iDnes|language=cs|date=2016-08-27|access-date=2021-10-02}}</ref>
==Twin towns – sister cities== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}} Adršpach is twinned with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Main Page|url=http://um.lubawka.eu/|publisher=Gmina Lubawka|language=pl|access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Strategia zrównoważonego rozwoju gminy Radków 2017–2025|url=http://www.radkowklodzki.pl/asp/pliki/konsultacje_spoleczne/strategia_gminy_radkow_na_lata_2017-2025_wer_ost_do_konsultacji-11.12.2016.pdf|publisher=Gmina Radków|pages=61–62|language=pl|date=2016-12-11|access-date=2020-09-03}}</ref> *{{flagicon|POL}} Lubawka, Poland *{{flagicon|POL}} Radków, Poland
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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{official|https://www.obecadrspach.cz/}} *[https://adrspach.cz/ Official tourist portal]
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