Rokytnice V Orlických Horách: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

The market square of the mountain town is surrounded by single-storey arcade houses built using log construction and a manor complex. The urban conservation area of Rokytnice v Orlických horách has been protected since 1 September 2003.

Culture and history

The Church of All Saints was built between 1679 and 1684 on the site of a wooden church that burned down in the great town fire of 1661. The Church of the Holy Trinity, also known as the Castle Church, was built by Kryštof Mauschwitz in 1603 and originally served as a Protestant house of prayer.

The Jewish cemetery in Rokytnice was established in 1718. The cemetery preserves the tombstone of the poet Moritz Reich, who lived from 1831 to 1857.

Museums

The Sýpka interactive museum in Rokytnice v Orlických horách is a museum of nature and crafts housed in a former granary. An aviary features 55 bird species found in the Orlické hory.

The Railway Museum is located at Rokytnice railway station in a former locomotive shed for steam locomotives. The main exhibition is dedicated to the Doudleby–Vamberk–Rokytnice railway line. The currently prominent exhibit is the 328.011 steam locomotive, nicknamed “Vendulka”.

Nature and trails

The area around Rokytnice v Orlických horách lies on the edge of the Orlické hory Protected Landscape Area and within the catchment area of the Rokytenka stream.

Around Rokytnice v Orlických horách, the educational trail focusing on fortifications comprises 14 information boards along the red-marked route between Panské Pole and Anenský vrch, as well as in the area of Hanička Fortress.

Around Rokytnice v Orlických horách, the ANNA lookout tower on Anenský vrch offers views in all directions and is freely accessible.

More local pages

Plasnice, Černíkovice, Kostelec Nad Orlicí, Tyniste Nad Orlici, Nová Ves U Albrechtic, Vamberk, Záměl, Končiny

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Rychnov Nad Kněžnou.