Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows in Křinice

If you decide to climb from Křinice along the red tourist trail to the popular excursion destination Hvězda na hreben Broumovské stěny, you will come across the settlement Amerika at the beginning of the stairs to the chapel of Our Lady of the Snows. The chapel was built at the beginning of the 18th century in 1709 by Broumov councilor Ignaz Zinke. At that time the chapel was called Weckersdorfer "Schneekirchlein" (Křinice - Weckersdorf in German). The chapel was…