Malé Svatoà Âovice (; ) is a municipality and village in Trutnov District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. It is known as the birthplace of writer Karel ÃÂapek.
Malé Svatoà Âovice consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Malé Svatoà Âovice is located about southeast of Trutnov and northeast of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Broumov Highlands, in the microregion of Jestà Âebàhory. The highest point is at above sea level.
The first written mention of Svatoà Âovice is from 1357. From the 18th century, flax was grown in the vicinity of the village and the linen industry developed. In 1826, Svatoà Âovice was divided into Velké Svatoà Âovice and Malé Svatoà Âovice, but they merged again in 1850. Since 1880, they have been divided into two separate municipalities.
In the municipality is a large railway station, originally built for use in the coal mining industry in 1857âÂÂ1859. Malé Svatoà Âovice lies on an interregional railway line from Prague to Trutnov and on a regional line from Hradec Králové to Svoboda nad ÃÂpou.
On the square of Malé Svatoà Âovice is the Baroque Church of Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary from 1734. The church was built on the site of seven springs with allegedly healing effects and became a pilgrimage site. The springs now rise in a chapel, which was built in 1732. The church was rebuilt into its current form in 1830âÂÂ1831. In the upper part of the municipality are stations of the Cross with seven chapels.
There is the ÃÂapek Brothers Museum in the birth house of Karel ÃÂapek. Karel's brother Josef was the first Czech Cubist and some of his work is also displayed in the museum.