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Pec pod Snezkou, Czech Republic

Trutnov okres, Hradec Kralove Region

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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 24 Apr 2004
adopted 14 Mar 2002

Pec pod Sněžkou flag
Pec pod Sněžkou CoA

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Pec pod Sněžkou flag

Pec pod Sněžkou is a municipality in Trutnov district, Hradec Králové region, north central Czechia, nearly on the Polish border. Flag and CoA are blue with a white triangle on the bottom reaching into flagcenter; on blue three white snowflakes. Flag adopted 14 Mar 2002. Source: Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí ČR (2002).

On this webpage one can read about its history:
"The town of Pec pod Sněžkou is one of the most well-known and most frequented mountain resorts in the Czech Republic, with year-round use. It lies in the valley of the river Úpa and the brooks Zelený and Lucní, set in resplendent natural surroundings amid the peaks Cerná hora (Black Mountain - 1 299m), Jelení vrch (Stag Peak - 1 024 m), Lišcí hora (Fox Mountain - 1 363 m), Studnicní hora (1 553 m), and Snežka. Snežka (Snow Mountain), on the border with Poland, is at 1 602 m the highest peak in the Czech Republic.
Included in Pec pod Sněžkou are the neighbouring village of Velká Úpa, as well as many mountain settlements and a wilderness area reaching high onto the ridges. The all area of the town Pec pod Snežkou is situated in the Krkonoše (The Giant Mountains) National Park.
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