Nové Město nad Metují

Nové Město nad Metují is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic, with about 9,200 inhabitants. Its name means new town upon the Metuje, and the old town and castle sit on a rocky promontory in a meander of the Metuje River, on the border between the Orlice Table and the Orlické Foothills, about 7 kilometres south of Náchod. Jan Černčický of Kácov founded the town on 10 August 1501, and after a fire in 1526 the houses on the square were rebuilt in a uniform Renaissance and late Gothic design, whose connected gables gave it the look of the northern Italian Renaissance. The estate later passed through the Pernštejn, Stubenberk, Trčka, Leslie and Dietrichstein families, and the castle was rebuilt in the Baroque style by Walter Leslie. The historic centre is protected as an urban monument reservation. The town has a tradition in engineering, printing, textile and food industry, and is known for PRIM watch-making. Its twin towns are Duszniki-Zdrój in Poland, Gârnic in Romania, Hilden in Germany and Warrington in England.