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Heritage sites

Benedictine heritage and much more

Heritage sites

The Broumov region is packed with Baroque monuments and beautiful architecture, and also boasts some extremely valuable cultural heritage. There are two urban conservation zones, the towns of Broumov and Police nad Metují, a village conservation reserve in Křinice, two Benedictine monasteries - in Broumov and in Police nad Metují, the oldest wooden church in Bohemia, exhibition Broumov-type brick farmsteads, dozens of chapels, Stations of the Cross and hundreds of sandstone sculptures and crosses of exceptional artistic value, located in the various villages as well as out in the open countryside. 

The most important heritage sights include the Broumov group of churches, which were recently declared a national cultural monument. 

Broumov Monastery

Broumov Monastery

History of the monastery  The monastery was founded in the 13th century after Ottokar I of Bohemia donated the local estate to the monks of the Order of St. Benedict. In

Monastery Church of St.Vojtěch

Monastery Church of St.Vojtěch

The appearance of the monastery we see today is the result of renovation work carried out during the High Baroque period. In 1726, Abbot Zinke approved the complete demolition

Cemetery Church of the Virgin Mary

Cemetery Church of the Virgin Mary

The cemetery church is one of Central Europe’s oldest wooden sacral buildings and boasts some remarkable architecture and interior paintings. We know nothing about what the church originally looked like,

Monastery in Police nad Metují

Monastery in Police nad Metují

The Břevnov monastery tradition has it that, in the early 13th century, Abbot Kuno sent the Rajhrad monk Juryk (or Jurik) to the area of what is now

Church of St.Peter and Paul

Church of St.Peter and Paul

The Church of St. Peter and Paul can be found on the church square. The church was probably built at the time the town was founded back in the 13th

Broumov Group of Churches

Broumov Group of Churches

Discover the Baroque treasures of the Broumov region. The group of 18th-century Baroque churches designed by the architects Christoph and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer are rightly thought of as the Baroque

Church of St.Prokop

Church of St.Prokop

The Church of St. Procopius in Bezděkov was built in 1724-27 according to the project of Kilian Ignác Dienzenhofer. The village of Bezděkov is the only one that is no longer

Church of St.Máří Magdaléna

Church of St.Máří Magdaléna

The original church in Božanov is mentioned in the oldest sources as early as the 14th century and was dedicated to St. Bartholomew. The construction of the new church of St.

Church of St.Michael the Archangel

Church of St.Michael the Archangel

The parish church of St. Michael the Archangel is a dominant feature of the village of Vernéřovice. It stands on a hill in the middle of the village on the

Church of St.Jiří and Martin

Church of St.Jiří and Martin

The Church of St. George and St. Martin stands on a hill above the Stěnava River in the middle of the cemetery. Previously, a wooden church stood on its

Church of St. Markéta

Church of St. Markéta

As early as the 14th century, a wooden church of St. John the Evangelist stood in the centre of the village, on the site of which a neo-Gothic

Church of St.Jakub the Greater

Church of St.Jakub the Greater

The Church of St. James the Greater stands on the site of the original wooden church, which was first mentioned in 1386. According to preserved sources, the construction

 Church of All Saints

Church of All Saints

The Church of All Saints stands on a slight hill in the middle of the cemetery above the village and dominates the surrounding landscape. Since the 14th century there was

Church of St.Anne

Church of St.Anne

The original wooden church in Vižňov is mentioned in the oldest sources as early as the first half of the 14th century. Until the Thirty Years' War it was a

Church of St.Barbora

Church of St.Barbora

Originally, a wooden chapel stood on the site of St. Barbara's Church. The surviving building accounts show that the construction of the new church, designed by Kryštof Dientzenhofer,

Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows

Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows

Hvězda is probably the most visited place at Broumovské Stěny and an important crossroads for hiking trails. A baroque stone chapel with a star-shaped ground plan, the work of

Adršpach Chateau

Adršpach Chateau

During the 15th century, the fortress of the Lords of Berka of Dubá used to stand on the site of what is now the chateau. The first major reconstruction

Marian Column, Broumov

Marian Column, Broumov

The Marian Column stands in the middle of Mírové náměstí in Broumov. Otmar Zinke, the abbot of the Broumov monastery, had the column erected in 1706 as a

Bischofstein Chateau

Bischofstein Chateau

The Baroque Bischofstein Chateau is located on the outskirts of the village of Skály, in a forest near Teplice nad Metují. It is surrounded by sandstone cliffs with a

Folk architecture in the Broumov region

Folk architecture in the Broumov region

From the mid-13th century onwards, colonists arrived in the regions of Teplice and Broumov, mainly from Thuringia, bringing a specific type of farmstead known as the "Frankish

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