The location and surrounded area of Secondary Technical School

Pardubice region

The surface area of Pardubice region is 4519 km² and it is populated with 507 thousand people.
In this region there are 32 towns and Letohrad, where Secondary Technical School can be found, is situated in its northeast part.

The location of Pardubice region in the Czech Republic

Letohrad

Letohrad, the charming town with 6,300 inhabitants beneath Orlické Hory (Eagle Mountains), which used to be called Kyšperk until the year 1950, is in the East Bohemia on the bank of river Tichá Orlice. The first reference comes from the year 1308. The biggest aggrandizement ran over the 17th century, when the Earl Ignác Jetřich Vitanovský rebuilt the fortress, changed it into a Baroque palace and founded a Baroque church of St. Wenceslas. This church is beautifully decorated with fabulous plasters (stucco). A dominating feature of the arcade square is the Baroque Marian Plague Column. Baroque chapel of St. Nepomuk on the hill above the town and a castle park in English style also attract visitors. The history of the town is presented in the local museum, where also the original Napoleon’s sleigh, on which Napoleon ran from Moscow to Dresden in 1812, is exposed. The private Museum of Handcrafts Nový Dvůr with stylish non-smoking restaurant is worth seeing as well. The well-known events like International Spring Music Festival and a popular fair with a lot of attractions are held annually in May. Every September the Czech Mastership in biathlon on roller skies is organized. Letohrad is also famous for its ideal conditions for sport activities such as biathlon, tennis, horse riding, football etc.
Letohrad is situated on the busy railway junction and a bus connection is also possible.

For more information see www.mu.letohrad.cz

Letohrad outskirts

Only a few kilometres away from Letohrad, glamorous dam Pastviny, which is suitable for summer holidays, was built on the river Divoká Orlice. Over 800-year-old Vejda´s lime trees with stem perimeter about 1220 cm can be found nearby.
Close to the dam, Zemská brána, a place where Divoká Orlice is striking its way through the rocks from Poland to the Czech Republic, is situated.
Jablonné nad Orlicí (town) with the picturesque square can be found near Letohrad.
The viewpoint of the mountain range is Suchý Vrch (995 m) with the view-tower and chalet. In winter the area of Suchý Vrch and Buková Hora (mountains) is decussated with ski tracks. The well-known centre of down hill skiing, Čenkovice, is nearby.
Military fortresses, which were built in 30s for defensive purposes, create other interesting tourist attractions. Artillery fortress Bouda, westward from Suchý Vrch, is most frequently visited.
Village Helvíkovice near Žamberk is reminded as a place of birth of Prokop Diviš, the inventor of the lightning rod. The tourists are welcomed to take a look round his house and see his famous invention.
Town Králíky with its fabulous monastery attracts the tourists as well.

Our school

The official name of our school is Secondary Technical School and Secondary Training School in Letohrad.
On 1st July 2000 two schools mentioned above were united into one organization unit. Nowadays, they create one institution, which has one headmaster and two deputy headmasters who are directly responsible to the headmaster for extra duties of both schools.
Secondary Training School specializes in engineering and electrotechnic fields. The following details are linked only with Secondary Technical School.

The grounds of Secondary Technical School consist of: school building, two boarding houses, school cafeteria, gymnasium and outdoor sport grounds. The whole complex of buildings is directly linked to the surrounding charming countryside.
The grounds of our school in detail can be seen in enclosed photographs.

The location of Secondary Technical School

The main access roads to Letohrad and the position of Secondary Technical School are marked on the map below.