Petkovy: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Petkovy is a municipality consisting of the districts of Petkovy and Čížovky. Petkovy is home to the building “Sýpka – bývalá tvrz”, protected as an immovable cultural monument, a granary in a farmyard with the remains of a former fortress.

Culture and History

Petkovy has been documented in written sources since 1393. The settlement was originally called “Petkov”; the name derives from the personal name Petko, a diminutive of Petr, and in this form meant “Petkův dvůr” (“Petko’s farmyard”). Čížovky was first mentioned in 1382 under the name Čížová (“villa Czizowa”) as property of the Archbishopric of Prague. In 1556, Petkovy belonged to the Březno estate.

Skašov is also connected with the history of the area: in 1255, the existence of the noble fortress of Skašov and its associated village was mentioned in writing for the first time. Heřman z Bubna had a fortress built on the site of Skašov. In addition, the Sudoměř–Stará Paka railway line was built approximately between 1902 and 1905.

Local tradition includes the burning of witches on the sports field every year on 30 April. It begins with a lantern procession from the local shop at 6 p.m.

Nature

The 386-hectare Čížovky Nature Park is located in the surroundings of Petkovy and features wooded areas, small copses, old fruit trees, meadows and ponds. The cycle route between Petkovy and Lhotky passes by Čížovky Nature Park.

Cycling

A 22.1 km cycling tour leads from Dolní Bousov via Route No. 8148 to Rohatsko and Svobodín, then via Route No. 8147 through Petkovy, Lhotky, Kobylnice and Ledce to Jabkenice. The cycling tour described is 22.1 km long and passes through a gently undulating, wooded landscape.

More local pages: Všejany, Nemyslovice, Dolni Bousov, Sovínky, Semčice, Husí Lhota, Žerčice, Rokytá.

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