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Kostelec nad Orlicí (Adlerkosteletz) is situated at an altitude of 272 m on the river Divoká Orlice (Wilde Adler) about 30 km from the district town Hradec Králové (Königgrätz). The first document mentioning the town, a chronicle from Zbraslav (Königsaal), dates from 1316 and refers to a fortified church at this place ('kostel' is Czech for 'church)'.

One of themost important sights of Kostelec nad Orlicí is the  deanery church of St. George (děkanský kostel Sv. Jiří) [background right]. The first mention of a fortified church at this place dates from 1316. In the 14th century Kostelec nad Orlicí was the head of a deanery which among others included the parishes of Brandýs nad Orlicí (Brandeis an der Adler), Rychnov nad Kněžnou (Reichenau an der Knieschna), Rokytnice v Orlických horách (Rokitnitz im Adlergebirge), Žamberk (Senftenberg). The present Baroque church was built by František Kermer in 1769–1773 in place of a prior Gothic construction. The church was partly remodeled in 1891–1893. An art-historical treasure is the Gothic statue of the Madonna dating from around 1500.