Machov

Machov is a market town situated in the Czech Republic and in the Hradec Králové Region. It has around 1,100 inhabitants. It lies just next to the border with Poland. Machov has always had a majority of Czech inhabitants although strong ties with Polish and German borderlands existed. Machov lies in a valley of the brook Židovka and under a dominant mountain Bor, which is one of the famous Table Mountains in Poland. Close to Machov are also Broumov Cliffs, which are sand-stone towers perfect for rock climbing. The first written note is from 1354 and the first note of Machov as a market town is from 1405, when it was a part of Náchod county. A church of St. Wenceslas from 1675 stands at the place of a removed wooden church established in...