Hrusice: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Culture and history

The Church of St. Wenceslas in Hrusice is a Late Romanesque church with an exceptionally richly designed, stepped portal. As an immovable cultural monument, it is listed in the Central List of Cultural Monuments under registration number 15233/2-2070. A bronze bust of Josef Lada stands on a high stone pedestal near the church. A winter lime tree estimated to be more than 500 years old also stands near this Josef Lada memorial bust.

Josef Lada’s former villa in Hrusice now serves as a museum preserving his life, his unique illustrations and his literary contributions. A commemorative plaque was placed on the replacement house at the site of his former birthplace in 1958; the birthplace itself had already been demolished in 1932.

Museum garden and remembrance

The garden of the Památník Josefa Lady a jeho dcery Aleny Museum in Hrusice still includes Josef Lada’s original mushroom forest. At the back of the garden there is an arboretum of old fruit varieties established since 2009. Since 2010, it has also featured sculptures on Lada-inspired themes: “Chlapec s káčou” by Tomáš Havlík, “Lampa” by Hana Nováková, “Pískoviště” by Pavel Charypar and “Lavičky” by Václav Mašek.

Routes through Hrusice

The Cesta kocoura Mikeše is a 25-kilometre route from Hrusice to Mukařov with 14 stops based on Josef Lada’s story about the cat Mikeš. It is marked with white signposts and 25 granite kilometre stones and can be divided into several day stages.

The Pohádkové Hrusice educational trail starts and ends in Hrusice, is 4 kilometres long and includes six information boards about the fairy-tale characters and stories of Josef Lada.

Visiting the site

Visitors can park in the car park on the square by the church. Visitor toilets are available behind the villa, including an accessible toilet; its access code is stated on the admission ticket.

Other places

Other places: Oleška, Herink, Mukařov, Strancice, Kostelec Nad Cernými Lesy, Tehov, Šestajovice, Květnice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Praha-Východ.