Velká Chmelištná: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Velká Chmelištná is located in the Jesenicko Nature Park. In the village center, near the intersection of the Čistá–Velká Chmelištná and Nová Ves–Křekovice roads, stands an approximately 4-meter-high sandstone statue of Saint Procopius.

Culture

The village center consists of a spacious village square with three ponds. Traditional farmsteads with entrance gates and farm buildings have been preserved along the village square. These include the Baroque half-timbered farmstead No. 7, built in 1680. On the eastern side of the village, near Čočkův Pond, the remains of a fortified settlement with a defensive ditch are visible.

The settlement of Velká Chmelištná was founded around 1039 during the Czech internal colonization. The settlement of Hůrky, belonging to Velká Chmelištná, originated in the Middle Ages as a mining settlement.

The Church of Saint Bartholomew was rebuilt and furnished in 1774. The present church is a late Baroque single-nave building with a rectangular presbytery and an onion dome tower. Its Neo-Baroque tower dates from between 1905 and 1910 and is visible from almost every location in the municipality's cadastral area.

Svatý Hubert is a forest settlement on the road between Velká Chmelištná and Drahouš. The Svatý Hubert hunting lodge was built in the mid-18th century by Count Prokop Černín of Chudenice. Approximately 300 meters from the hunting lodge, on the blue hiking trail southeast toward the settlement of Smrk, lies Saint Hubert's Stone, surrounded by a special aura and featuring a distinctive bowl-shaped depression.

Nature

The hills of Hokovský vrch, V Jedlinách, Obecní vrch [Soseň], and Plavečský vrch [Drahouš] are located in the immediate vicinity of Velká Chmelištná. The wider regional area includes the Týřov ruins, the Zřícenina Pravda ruins, the Svatý Prokop monument, and the Zřícenina Lina ruins.

Activities

At the Memoriál Jiřího Uvíry, volunteer fire brigades from the surrounding area compete in contests accompanied by an entertainment program. The annual event takes place on the second Saturday in July. Sport fishing is permitted at the large village pond in Velká Chmelištná in accordance with the applicable fishing regulations.

Other Places

Bdín, Městečko, Nový Dům, Hracholusky, Krakov, Sýkořice, Mšecké Žehrovice, Zavidov

To the higher-level travel overview: Rakovník District.