| Velké Poříčí | |
| Settlement Type: | Market town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hradec Králové |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Náchod |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.4617°N 16.1894°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1496 |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.45 |
| Elevation M: | 360 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2368 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 549 31, 549 32 |
Velké Poříčí (German: Groß Poritsch) is a market town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants.
The word poříčí denotes an area "along the river" (Czech: podél řeky). The name Velké Poříčí means "Great Poříčí".[2]
Velké Poříčí is located about 5km (03miles) north of Náchod and 37km (23miles) northeast of Hradec Králové, and it briefly borders Poland in the south. It lies in the Orlické Foothills. The highest point is at 490m (1,610feet) above sea level. The Metuje River flows through the market town. The market town is urbanistically fused with the town of Hronov.
The settlement was most likely founded during the colonization of the area at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. A settlement called Poříčko was documented in 1415, but it is not certain whether Velké Poříčí could be meant by this. The first trustworthy written mention of Velké Poříčí is from 1496. The village was part of the Náchod estate.[2]
At the end of the 19th century, there was a boom in the village, connected with the construction of the railway in 1875 and with the development of the textile industry in the region. In 1908, Velké Poříčí was promoted to a market town.[2]
Velké Poříčí is located on the railway line Broumov–Starkoč.[3]
The main landmark of Velké Poříčí is the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1906–1910 and is not protected as a cultural monument.[4]
There are two protected cultural monuments: a late Baroque sculpture group of the Holy Trinity from 1821 and the Art Nouveau building of the primary school from the beginning of the 20th century.[5]