Borová Lada
Introduction '''Borová Lada''' () is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts Villages and hamlets of Černá Lada, Knížecí Pláně, Nový Svět, Paseka, Šindlov, Svinná Lada and Zahrádky are administrative parts of Borová Lada.
Geography Borová Lada is located about  west of Prachatice and  west of České Budějovice, on the border with Germany. It lies in the Bohemian Forest and mostly in the Šumava National Park. The highest point is the mountain Světlá hora at  above sea level. The Teplá Vltava River flows through the municipality. The Volyňka River originates in the woods on the slope of the Světlá hora. The territory is densely forested. There are moors in the northern part of the municipality.
History Borová Lada was founded around 1750, It was founded on the initiative of the owner of this territory, Prince Adam Franz of Schwarzenberg. In 1855, the population comprised 230 people, and in 1930 384 people, most of them ethnic Germans. After the World War II they were expelled.
Sights Borová Lada is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is the house No. 11, a rural house from the first half of the 19th century.
Gallery Borová Lada - Radnice.jpg|Municipal officeBorová Lada, main street.jpg|Main streetVltava in Borová Lada.jpg|Teplá Vltava in Borová Lada
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