Adršpach
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Adršpach is a village in the Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region
Hradec Králové Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové....

 of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. It has around 520 inhabitants.

The village is divided into the administrative areas of Dolní Adršpach and Horní Adršpach (Lower Adršpach and Upper Adršpach). It is located close to the border with Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

.

The place is known for Adršpach-Teplice Rocks
Adršpach-Teplice Rocks
The Adršpach-Teplice Rocks are an unusual set of sandstone formations covering 17 km² in northeastern Bohemia, Czech Republic.They are named after two nearby municipalities: Adršpach, and Teplice nad Metují....

 (or Adršpach Rocks), ruins of Adršpach Castle (Adršpašský hrad) and Adršpach Manor House (Adršpašský zámek).

The rural area around the village was used as the filming location for the winter scenes in the 2005 film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Andrew Adamson and based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's children's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of...

, one of the Narnia books written by British
United Kingdom
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 author C.S. Lewis.

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