Borovnice (; ) is a municipality and village in

Rychnov nad Kněžnou District Rychnov may refer to places in the Czech Republic: *Rychnov, a village and part of Krouna in the Pardubice Region *Rychnov, a village and part of Verneřice in the Ústí nad Labem Region * Rychnov na Moravě, a municipality and village in the Pa ...

in the

Hradec Králové Region Hradec Králové Region (, ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové. The region neighbours the Pardubice Region in t ...

of the

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. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Borovnice consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Borovnice (142) *Homole (11) *Přestavlky (130) *Rájec (114)

Geography

Borovnice is located about south of

Rychnov nad Kněžnou Rychnov nad Kněžnou (; ) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban m ...

and southeast of

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

. It lies on the border between the

Orlice Table The Orlice (, ) is a river in the Czech Republic, with a brief stretch in Poland. It is a left tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Hradec Králové Region. It is formed by the confluence of the Divoká Orlice and Tichá Orlice rivers. ...

and

Svitavy Uplands The Svitavy Uplands or Svitavy Hills () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Pardubice Region and it belongs to the largest mesoregions in the country. Geomorphology The Svitavy Uplands is a ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The Brodec Stream flows through the municipality and supplies two local fishponds.

History

The first written mention of Borovnice is from 1449. Rájec was first mentioned in 1399 and Přestavlky in 1400. Until 1756, Borovnice was owned by various less important noblemen. From 1756, it was a property of the

Kinsky The House of Kinsky (formerly Vchynští, sg. ''Vchynský'' in Czech; later (in modern Czech) Kinští, sg. ''Kinský''; ) is a prominent Bohemian noble family originating in the Kingdom of Bohemia. During the Thirty Years' War, the Kinsky fam ...

family.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The most valuable monument is the Přestavlky Castle. It was gradually built in the Baroque and Neoclassical styles between 1650 and 1750, on the site of an older fortress. The village of Homole gave its name the nearby pilgrimage site with the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, but it is located just outside the municipal boundaries.

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