Horky Nad Jizerou: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Horky nad Jizerou is situated on the Jizera, whose history and landscape are reflected in a wide variety of features. Stará Jizera is a protected natural monument consisting of former river channels in a meander of the Jizera between Dražice and Horky nad Jizerou. It is one of the last remaining examples of a floodplain ecosystem on the Jizera. The protected area contains two former channels of the Jizera, known as pools; the larger pool, called Stará Jizera, is horseshoe-shaped.

Culture and History

The complex of the Church of St. Nicholas, including the Kostka Chapel and the former surrounding cemetery, is listed in the state register of immovable cultural monuments. The area of the church and the fortress or château in Horky nad Jizerou is classified as an archaeological monument.

The first written record of the Church of St. Nicholas near the ford across the Jizera dates from 1357. The present Church of St. Nicholas in Horky nad Jizerou was built as part of a construction project carried out from 1723 to 1738; the construction work from 1723 to 1725 was carried out by the Italian-born builder Mikuláš Rossi from Mladá Boleslav. The church contains reliefs from the workshop of Matyáš Braun. The late Baroque chapel contains an altarpiece depicting the Nativity, created in the first half of the 19th century by J. F. Leubner.

The château stands on the site of an old wooden fortress that guarded an important ford across the Jizera. A four-sided stone tower remains from the original Renaissance château. The château also contains a preserved tower of the Gothic fortress, with a chapel on the first floor. The château and its associated buildings are currently used by a vocational school.

Cycling

Cycle Route 17 Greenway – Jizera runs along the banks of the Jizera through Horky nad Jizerou and leads from the river's confluence with the Elbe to Turnov.

Other Locality Pages

Kolomuty, Loukovec, Klášter Hradiště Nad Jizerou, Vlkava, Jabkenice, Nepřevázka, Niměřice, Sudoměř

To the higher-level travel overview: Mladá Boleslav District.