| Blešno | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hradec Králové |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hradec Králové |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.2139°N 15.9308°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1496 |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.11 |
| Elevation M: | 237 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 445 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 503 46 |
Blešno is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
The name was probably derived from the false fleabane plant, called blešník in Czech. According to some sources, the name is derived from blecha (i.e. 'flea') and derisively meant "full of fleas".[2]
Blešno is located about 5km (03miles) east of Hradec Králové. It lies in a flat landscape in the Orlice Table. The Orlice River flows along the southern municipal border.
The first written mention of Blešno is from 1496, when it was bought by Mikuláš Trčka of Lípa and became part of the Opočno estate. After the estate was confiscated in 1636, Emperor Ferdinand II donated the estate to the Colloredo family. The Colloredo family, from 1789 known as the Colloredo-Mansfeld family, owned Blešno until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1849.[2]
The I/11 road from Hradec Králové to Šumperk passes through the municipality.
Blešno is poor in monuments. The only cultural monument is the Chapel of the Heart of Jesus. It was built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1913.[3]