Broumov

Broumov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbrou̯mof]; German: Braunau) is a town in the Czech Republic, in the Náchod District of the Hradec Králové Region near the Polish border. The municipality at the small Stěnava River is the center of the Broumovsko area, along with the adjacent Adršpach-Teplice Rocks, a protected area popular with mountain climbers. The town was established in 1256 by the Benedictine abbey of Břevnov in Prague, to which King Ottokar I of Bohemia had granted the area. The settlement arose around a former provostry and became a principal site of textile manufacture. After a fire in 1306 it was largely rebuilt, including the monastery and city walls finished in 1380. The medieval church of Panna Marie (the Virgin Mary),...