Stará Paka
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| Basic data | |||||
| State : |
 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Královéhradecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Jičín | ||||
| Area : | 217 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 30 ′ N , 15 ° 30 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 407 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 2,081 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 507 91 - 509 01 | ||||
| traffic | |||||
| Street: | Nová Paka - Semily | ||||
| Railway connection: |
Velký Osek – Trutnov Skalsko – Stará Paka Pardubice – Liberec |
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| structure | |||||
| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 6th | ||||
| administration | |||||
| Mayor : | Věra Hlostová (as of 2008) | ||||
| Address: | Revoluční 180 507 91 Stará Paka |
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| Municipality number: | 573507 | ||||
| Website : | www.starapaka.cz | ||||
Stará Paka (German: Altpaka ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located six kilometers northwest of Nová Paka and belongs to the Okres Jičín .
history
Stará Paka was first mentioned in writing in 1357. It is not known when the settlement took place. The place belonged to the Kumburk rule . One school is occupied for 1790.
In 1858 Stará Paka received a station on the Pardubice – Liberec line of the south-north German connecting line . With the construction of the Velký Osek – Trutnov connection of the Austrian Northwest Railway , the Stará Paka station became an important railway junction in 1870. In 1906 the local railway from Mladá Boleslav ( Jungbunzlau ) was put into operation.
Attractions
- The St. Laurentius Church was built in 1754 on the site of an earlier wooden church and expanded and renovated around 1890.
- Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk
Districts
The community consists of the districts:
- Stará Paka ( Altpaka )
- Brdo
- Karlov
- Krsmol
- Roškopov
- Ústí
Personalities
- Josef Gruntzel (1866–1934), national economist