Bristvi: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Bříství is a historic medieval village whose original buildings are arranged along the main roads. The village square is home to the Baroque statue of Saint John of Nepomuk, dating from 1702.

Culture and History

On the north side of the village square stands the Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross in Bříství, which has medieval origins. The church is surrounded by a still-used cemetery with a mortuary and a historic enclosure. The Chapel of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a Baroque central-plan ruin dating from 1714; it burned down in 1818.

In the wider regional area around Bříství, Práče is a fortress. Also in the wider regional area are Socha Jana Žižky, a monument; U Svatého Vojtěcha, a church; and Kostel svaté Ludmily, a church.

Nature

Břístevská hůra is considered an important viewpoint. Old fruit trees and thermophilous steppe plant communities have been preserved on its western and southern slopes. Břístevská hůra is part of a Site of Community Importance.

The landscape features of the Polabské hůry include semi-natural dry grasslands and complexes of shrubs on calcareous substrates, as well as extensively mown meadows in the lowlands up to the foothill areas. The hills “(Ny Vyhlídce) [Český Brod-Štolmíř]”, “(Na Spravedlnosti) [Český Brod]”, “(Pastviště) [Hořany u Poříčan]” and “Dolánka [Tismice]” are located in the surroundings of Bříství.

Cycling

Cycle route 8208 runs through Bříství along the 8-kilometre route from Český Brod via Cihelna to Horky, rozc.

More local pages: Libice Nad Cidlinou, Dlouhopolsko, Pátek, Hradčany, Sadská, Všechlapy, Běrunice, Prerov Nad Labem.

To the main travel overview: Nymburk District.