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The Church of Saints Peter and Paul, located on Church Square in Broumov, is one of the city’s most significant ecclesiastical buildings and serves as a striking architectural landmark. It was likely founded in the 13th century, at the same time as the town itself. The first written record dates back to 1258, when Prague Archbishop Jan III granted the right of tithes to the church to Abbot Martin I of the Broumov monastery. The original wooden structure was replaced in the 14th century by a stone Gothic church, which was completely destroyed by fire in 1452. Reconstruction followed fairly promptly, and by 1456 the new church stood in its place.
In 1477, a tall square-plan tower was added, becoming a defining element of the church’s silhouette and the town’s skyline. The tower has four storeys and is topped with a Baroque octagonal cupola with a lantern and small dome. A major transformation took place between 1679 and 1682 when Abbot Tomáš Sartorius had the church rebuilt in Baroque style—this reconstruction gave the building its present-day appearance. The church suffered another devastating fire in 1757, during which even the bells melted, and in 1891 the interior was again severely damaged by fire. During the subsequent restoration, Broumov painter Adolf Tinzmann executed a Neo‑Renaissance decoration of the ceiling and walls. The church is three‑naved, measuring approximately 26 by 44 metres. The presbytery is elongated and rectangular, containing a chapel dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua and a hexagonal sacristy aligned axially behind it. The main altar is illusionistic; its monumental painting depicting the “Departure of Saints Peter and Paul” dates to 1765 and was created by Josef Hager. In front of the painted scene stands a massive tabernacle with a 14th‑century statue of the Madonna, one of the most precious artworks in the church.
The church complex is situated within the historic core of the town, positioned on a square between school buildings and burgher houses, on land that served as a cemetery until the 18th century. That cemetery was abolished in 1780, and its memory lives on in funeral slabs from the 16th and 17th centuries embedded in the former town wall opposite the main church entrance. The best-preserved of these is the tombstone of Constantin Praetorius from 1657. Two additional funerary stones can be found set into the western interior wall of the church. A stone crucifix stands on the south façade, and a Renaissance gravestone is built into the wall. The adjacent parsonage incorporates part of a former town wall tower, adding further architectural value to the site.
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