Jizerní Vtelno: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Jizerní Vtelno is located 10 km from the statutory city of Mladá Boleslav in the direction of Mělník. Stránov Castle acquired its present romantic appearance through a Neo-Gothic reconstruction carried out from 1890 to 1894. The castle was opened to the public for the first time in its history in 2004.

Culture and History

A basic tour of Stránov Castle includes a hall with a Gothic chapel, collections of butterflies and beetles, collections of historic prams and dolls, reconstructed interiors with replicas of historic furniture, and the viewing point in the Gothic tower.

The Church of St Wenceslas in the courtyard of Stránov Castle was built in 1767 and designed by the prominent Prague architect Filip Heger. The church houses a permanent exhibition of paintings by Aleš Krejča; it is open during the castle's opening hours.

The Windsurfing Museum is housed in the Baroque granary in the courtyard of Stránov Castle. It displays historic windsurfing equipment and documentation, boards and sails, as well as racing equipment. Jizerní Vtelno is also associated with the “Oříšková cesta”, named after Bedřich Smetana, as a local cultural landmark.

Getting Around

Stránov Castle can be reached from the Krnsko railway stop on the Prague–Mladá Boleslav line via the yellow hiking trail markings. From the Jizerní Vtelno, Viaduct bus stop on the I/16 road, the same marked trail leads to the castle.

Cycle route 8145 runs through Jizerní Vtelno between Chotětov and Krnsko, using Class III roads and local access roads. The village is also home to the Stránov–Krnsko railway viaduct, a three-arch technical monument dating from 1924.

Nature

The “Lípa na Stranově”, a protected large-leaved lime tree, stands in the castle courtyard. The “Platany ve Stránově”, a protected group of western plane trees, grows by the water basin in the castle courtyard. Of the twelve trees originally designated, nine currently remain.

More local pages: Horní Slivno, Belá Pod Bezdezem, Malé Horky, Chudíř, Hrušov, Krnsko, Kropáčova Vrutice, Semčice.

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