Otovice U Broumova: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Otovice u Broumova combines Baroque buildings, examples of rural architecture and palaeontologically interesting outcrops in the Stěnava Valley. Historic mills, distinctive religious buildings and geological sites create a diverse picture of the village.

Culture

The watermill in Otovice is a single-storey, masonry late-Baroque mill dating from the 1770s and stands beside a millrace that has since been filled in. The Baroque Umlauf Mill is another of Otovice’s valuable historic monuments. The portal of the Umlauf watermill bears the monogram AB and the year 1776.

The Church of St Barbara was built in 1725–1726 according to designs by the Baroque architects Dientzenhofer, father and son. The Baroque building has an oval floor plan with side chapels projecting from the outer walls. A large part of Otovice’s built-up area consists of folk architecture characteristic of this region.

The war memorial in Otovice dates from 1926. It originally commemorated 30 local men who fell on the fronts of the First World War and bears the dedication „Obětem válek“. Otovice is also home to a Marian column dating from 1639.

The ensemble featuring the Column of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, together with statues of saints and angels, is an unusual sculptural work from the second half of the 19th century. On 17 October 2014, the Ministry of Culture declared this ensemble a cultural monument.

Nature and Geology

U zastávky in Otovice is a small protected area on the Stěnava and one of two small protected areas on the Stěnava in Otovice; both areas lie in the first zone of the protected landscape area.

The geological sites range from the Permian to the plant fossils of the Olivětín Beds. Ve strži is a palaeontological Permian site in the cadastral area of Otovice u Broumova. U školy is a plant-fossil site in the cadastral area of Otovice u Broumova, located in the dark limestones of the Olivětín Beds.

The Hoprich outcrops extend from the footbridge below the church to the bridge near the school in Otovice. Hoprich is a palaeontologically interesting Permian outcrop in the Stěnava Valley. Its strata contain fossil impressions of Walchia conifers and ferns, as well as occasional fossil remains of ray-finned fish.

Routes

Road II/302 connects the border crossing with Otovice, Broumov and Meziměstí. Train service to Otovice was discontinued on 11 December 2005. A blue-marked hiking trail leads from the railway station in Otovice to Božanov and on to the Broumov Walls.

Several marked routes are also connected with Otovice. The 4020 Stolové hory cycle route is 126 km long; an information board about it is located in the shelter at the bus stop in Otovice. The blue-marked 4002 Javoří hory cycle route is 36 km long and connects with cycle route 4020 in Otovice. The connecting path between Šonov and Otovice offers valuable scenic views.

Other Places

Other places: Velichovky, Mezilečí, Horní Adršpach, Hronov, Chlivce, Dolní Radechová, Běluň, Velké Petrovice.

For the higher-level travel overview: Náchod District.