Borová Lada

Municipality in South Bohemian, Czech Republic

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48°59′24″N 13°39′36″E / 48.99000°N 13.66000°E / 48.99000; 13.66000Country

Czech RepublicRegionSouth BohemianDistrictPrachaticeFounded1750Area

• Total68.94 km² (26.62 sq mi)Elevation

895 m (2,936 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total287 • Density4.2/km² (11/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codes

384 92, 385 01

Websitewww.borova-lada.cz

Borová Lada (German: Ferchenhaid) is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The villages and hamlets of Černá Lada, Knížecí Pláně, Nový Svět, Paseka, Šindlov, Svinná Lada and Zahrádky are administrative parts of Borová Lada.

Etymology

The original German name Ferchenhaid was derived from the words Föhre ('pine') and Heide ('wasteland'). The Czech name is a translation of the German one.^[2]

Geography

Borová Lada is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Prachatice and 60 km (37 mi) west of České Budějovice, on the border with Germany. It lies in the Bohemian Forest and mostly in the Šumava National Park. The highest point is the mountain Světlá hora at 1,123 m (3,684 ft) above sea level. The Teplá Vltava River flows through the municipality. The Volyňka River originates in the woods on the slope of the Světlá hora. The territory is densely forested. There are moors in the northern part of the municipality.

History

Borová Lada was founded around 1750, It was founded on the initiative of the owner of this territory, Prince Adam Franz of Schwarzenberg. In 1855, the population comprised 230 people, and in 1930 384 people, most of them ethnic Germans. After the World War II they were expelled.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,066	—
1880	2,233	+8.1%
1890	2,265	+1.4%
1900	2,202	−2.8%
1910	2,133	−3.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	2,138	+0.2%
1930	2,049	−4.2%
1950	317	−84.5%
1961	277	−12.6%
1970	264	−4.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	243	−8.0%
1991	278	+14.4%
2001	284	+2.2%
2011	276	−2.8%
2021	260	−5.8%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

Borová Lada is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is the house No. 11, a rural house from the first half of the 19th century.^[6]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). p. 536.
^ "Historie obce Borová Lada" (in Czech). Obec Borová Lada. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Prachatice" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Borová Lada". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-23.