Martínkovice: Broumovsko and Baroque Culture

Martínkovice combines a protected landscape with a history of sacred architecture. The landscape includes the Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area, the surrounding mountains, and clay shale on Hoprich; the local history stretches from churches to the chapel. If you would like to combine nature and culture during your stay in the Czech Republic, you will find distinctive mountains, Baroque churches, a chapel at the foot of the Broumovské stěny, and other destinations in the surrounding region here.

This structure supports your own selection without prescribing a particular order, activity, or daily itinerary. At the same time, nature, art, and history remain recognizable as separate yet combinable focal points.

Landscape in Broumovsko

The entire area of Martínkovice lies within the Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area. Mount Velká kupa is located in the vicinity of Martínkovice; the mountains Supí Hnízdo, Signal, and Špičák are situated around the village.

A geological detail also makes the surroundings special: Permian reddish-brown clay shale occurs on Hoprich, with its color changing to gray in places. This gives you a concrete view of the landscape’s underlying geology, adding a geological feature to your observation of nature.

Churches and Baroque architectural history

The Church of St. George and St. Martin is a significant rural early Baroque church building from the late 17th century in Bohemia. The present church was built in 1692–1698 to a design by Martin Allio and preserves a masonry tower added in 1650. The tower therefore belongs to an earlier construction phase than the present church building.

Listed as a protected cultural monument under number 36001/6-1802, the Church of Our Lady, St. George, and St. Martin includes its rectory. The Baroque rectory complex next to the church comprises the rectory and three utility buildings; the present rectory was built between 1692 and 1698. The history of the village can thus be traced not only through a single building but through a coherent architectural ensemble.

St. Anne’s Chapel and the Stations of the Cross

At the other end of Martínkovice, St. Anne’s Chapel, dating from 1798, stands at the foot of the Broumovské stěny. Inside are a painting of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary and a Rococo altar of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Near the chapel, the second Stations of the Cross includes all fourteen surviving stone stations. The interior furnishings and the Stations of the Cross complement each other as different components of the same sacred site. Thus, architectural history, religious art, and a fully preserved devotional route come together at this location.

Getting around the village

Martínkovice has five bus stops: Chmelnice, letiště Aeroklubu Broumov, pod lesem, rozc., and váha. For further research, you can also look at Zaloňov, Suchý Důl, Chlivce, Mezilečí, Lhota Pod Hořičkami, Rožnov, Rychnovek, and Vršovka.

For the higher-level travel overview: Náchod District.