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Fortifications from the period of the first Czechoslovakian Republic
After Hitler came to power in Germany, the First Czechoslovak Republic got into the mortal danger. The army had to prevent a sudden military incursion across the border into the interior and the country division so that Czechoslovakia has at least some chance in the future military conflict with the much stronger enemy.
Baroque fortresses
The area between the Orlické Mountains and the Krkonoše Mountains has always been one of the easiest accesses to otherwise by the mountains surrounded so-called Czech Basin. That is why Armies were crossing it in both directions. The area of the Hradec Králové Region thus became together with the areas of other regions the place of military conflicts
Fortified settlements
The precursor of the medieval castles and latter-day fortresses were settlements which had been built in our territory since prehistoric times.