Stop at the largest military clash in Bohemia and Moravia in the 19th century in the exhibition of the Museum of the War of 1866, complete with examples of armament and equipment of the Austrian and Prussian armies. Visit the area of the historic battlefield with hundreds of artistically rendered monuments and memorials.
Northwest of Hradec Králové, on the Chlum hill, a Prussian-Austrian battle was fought on July 3, 1866. Almost immediately after the end of the war, the construction of numerous monuments and memorials of the battle began and comprehensive care for them developed.
In 1936, a war museum was built in the central area of the battlefield, which until 2008 housed an exhibition of armament and equipment of all armies participating in this second largest military battle of the 19th century. Between 2008 and 2010, a new part of the museum was added. In 2011, a part of the original museum, where a multimedia hall is currently located, was also repaired from the ROP NUTS II. Northeast, where the multimedia hall is currently located. On 31.3.2012, a new exhibition of the Museum of the War of 1866 in Chlum was opened.
The area of the battlefield of the Battle of 1866 near Hradec Králové, declared in 1997, includes an area where more than four hundred monuments, individual graves and mass burial sites are located, the most important of which are accessible by marked hiking and cycling routes and by special nature trails (Svíb and Chlum). Since 1999, the observation tower has offered the possibility of a perfect view of the entire central area of the battlefield. Every year, on the anniversary days of the battle, commemorative and commemorative events are held in the area of the monument zone.
