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Potštejn

Coordinates: 50°4′55.53″N 16°18′32.1″E / 50.0820917°N 16.308917°E / 50.0820917; 16.308917
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Potštejn
Village
Aerial view
Aerial view
Flag of Potštejn
Coat of arms of Potštejn
Potštejn is located in Czech Republic
Potštejn
Potštejn
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°4′55.53″N 16°18′32.1″E / 50.0820917°N 16.308917°E / 50.0820917; 16.308917
CountryCzech Republic
RegionHradec Králové
DistrictRychnov nad Kněžnou
Government
 • MayorPetr Dostál
Area
 • Total
9.05 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Elevation
315 m (1,033 ft)
Population
 • Total
917
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
517 43
Websitewww.potstejn.cz

Potštejn (Template:Lang-de) is a municipality in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic. It lies on both banks of the Divoká Orlice River.

The name of the municipality was derived from name of castle with the same name, which was called by its founder Půta (Puota) of Drslavic: Puota's stone, Puttenstein, misspelled as Potštejn. From the end of the 19th century till 1924 the name Potštýn nad Orlicí was used.

One of the famous owners of the castle was the King Charles IV.

The castle Potštejn was famed in Alois Jirásek's novel Poklad.

The renewed Unity of the Brethren was founded in Potštejn in 1870.