History and the current day in Mladé Buky
The well known story of Trutnov renaissance chronicler Šimon Huttel, places the founding of Mladé Buky at the beginning of the second millennium AD. Even though this is a story rather than a historical record, the village is nevertheless one of the oldest in the eastern foothills of the Giant Mountains. Today, Mladé Buky fills a significant part of the valley. Three main links between Trutnov and Svoboda nad Úpou cross the valley; the Upa river, the road, and the railway lines. The majority of the village lies in the protected area of the Krkonoše National Park. The oldest written records, from 1355, show the locality as a part of the Trutnov castle estate. In 1358 the village is recorded as having a church. There is also historical evidence of two abandoned fortresses belonging to two different owners. Jan Stoš of Kounice was the first to own both fortresses and in 1500 Jan Zilvár incorporated them into his Vlčnické estate. In the centuries since that time, ownership of Mladé Buky has alternated between the Lord of Vlčnice and the town of Trutnov.
