Dělostřelecká tvrz Hůrka

About the museum

The Hůrka fortress was built as the easternmost of the artillery fortresses of the Králíky fortified area. The area around Králíky and the Kladsko Salient was among the most endangered parts of the republic, because an attacker could quickly advance through it into the interior of the country. The first design, from February 1935, placed the fortress further east at Maliník, but in the end the hill Berghöhe, today's Hůrka, was chosen, and by June 1935 the fortress had essentially taken its present form.

Today six objects are open to the public: two infantry bunkers, an artillery bunker, a rotating turret, an entrance object and a separate observation post, linked by about two kilometres of underground passages and halls. According to the museum, the underground lies up to 59 metres below the surface and the garrison was to number 424 soldiers. Visitors walk with a guide along the gravity railway and the main gallery, past the engine room and the filter room, to the barracks halls, where there are exhibitions on weapons and ammunition and the exhibition “S padákem nad hlavou” (“With a Parachute Over Your Head”). Traces of German tests from the occupation period have also been preserved.

The fortress is run as a museum by the Society of Friends of Czechoslovak Fortifications (Společnost přátel čs. opevnění), which also manages the Bouda fortress. The tour routes are continually being extended, from a short mini-tour to circuits lasting several hours.

Highlights

• The largest accessible object of the Czechoslovak fortifications
• About two kilometres of underground passages, halls and barracks
• Working gravity railway and narrow-gauge underground railway
• Exhibition “S padákem nad hlavou” and exhibitions on weapons and ammunition
• Traces of German tests from the occupation period
• Seven types of tour, from a short mini-tour to a half-day circuit

Permanent exhibition

• S padákem nad hlavou – Exhibition in the barracks rooms of the underground fortress, which is part of the basic tour.

Operated by

Společnost přátel čs. opevnění, o. p. s.

Admission & discounts

Prices valid from 1 August 2025 and given for the basic tour (about 90 minutes). Free admission for children under 6, journalists on assignment with a press card, drivers of group coaches, and two members of the accompanying staff of a group of more than 15 people. Holders of family passes are entitled to reduced admission.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The basic tour leads underground with 76 steps; the longer circuits involve hundreds of steps up and down (the special tour including the bunker involves 654 steps). The museum recommends the longer routes only to visitors in good physical condition.

Kids & families

Only partly suitable for kids

The museum does not recommend the longer circuits for children under 10; for families there are family tickets and shorter routes.

Getting there & parking

The entrance object of the fortress has the coordinates 50.08815 N, 16.76969 E. All objects of the fortress lie on the green-marked educational trail of Military History Králíky.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Literature, souvenirs and refreshments are sold at the ticket office.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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