The Czech word hrádek (a diminutive form of hrad) means 'small castle'.

Hrádek is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Hradec Králové.

It lies a flat landscape in the East Elbe Table.

It was built in 1692, after the old wooden church from the first half of the 14th century was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War.

[2] The Hrádek u Nechanic Castle was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1839–1857, but despite its name and location in the vicinity of the village, it lies outside the municipal territory.