Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area

The Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area (Czech: Chráněná krajinná oblast Broumovsko, abbreviated CHKO Broumovsko) is a protected landscape area in north-east Bohemia in the Czech Republic, on the border with Silesia. It is named after the town of Broumov. The highest point is Čáp with its 785 m a.s.l.

Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area
Chráněná krajinná oblast Broumovsko
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
View of Broumovsko landscape from Hejšovina
Location Czech Republic
Coordinates50°32′10″N 16°14′42″E
Area430 km²
Established1991

Broumovsko has been a protected landscape area since 1991. It is well known for its aesthetically and ecologically valuable landscape: extensive complexes of sandstone rock formation as well as cultural heritage, which comprises especially religious and folk architecture.[1][2]

The Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area is composed of two different geologic formations, the Police highlands and the Broumov basin, separated by the ridge of the Broumov walls. One of the main phenomena of this area is the cretaceous sandstone relief with vast rock towns, table mountains and cuestas. The deep cold gorges of the rock towns support rare floral life, rich alpine vegetation is found here in inverse positions, while on the rock plateaus warm and dry pine woods can be found.[3]

For many centuries, the area was managed by Benedictine monks from Broumov monastery; the cultural landscape of Broumovsko region was particularly influenced by the Baroque era. There is a unique set of ten Baroque churches built in the 18th century in villages around Broumov, on the territory of the Broumov monastic estate, by famous architects, father and son Christoph Dientzenhofer and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer.[4] Walled manors and country estates of the Broumov type are also highly remarkable.[5]

Small protected areas

There are several smaller protected Areas within Broumovsko:

  • National Nature Reserves: Adršpach-Teplice Rocks is one of the largest areas of sandstone rock formations in Central Europe. Broumov Walls is a 12-km mountain ridge with rock walls dipping steeply towards the Broumov basin. The Walls are renowned for their unique rock formations and there are numerous look-outs including Hvězda with a Baroque chapel of Virgin Mary.[6][7]
  • National Nature Monument: Polické stěny
  • Nature Reserves: Ostaš, Křížová cesta, Farní stráň
  • Nature Monuments: Borek, Kočičí skály, Šafránová stráň, Mořská transgrese, Pískovcové sloupky
  • Adršpach Rocks
  • Teplice Rocks
  • Božanov from national nature reserve Broumovské stěny
  • Hvězda Chapel (Broumovské stěny)
  • Church of St Mary Magdalene in Božanov
  • Broumovsko folk architecture

References
  1. "Broumovsko - touristic website - Nature". www.broumovsko.cz. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  2. "Broumovsko Region, Adršpach-Teplice Rocks - Traseo.com - offline maps". traseo.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  3. "RISY.cz - Kladské pomezí". www.risy.cz. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  4. "Churches of the Broumov region". Broumov Monastery. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  5. "The Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area Twenty Years Old". Ochrana přírody. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  6. "PLA Administration Broumovsko". AOPK ČR. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  7. "The Broumov Walls". Broumov Monastery. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
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