Bohatice U Zákup: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

The route from Mimoň to Zákupy and onward via Kamenický vrch to Zákupy passes through Bohatice. It follows a blue-marked hiking trail from Mimoň to Zákupy and takes a little over two hours in total.

Nature

The route passes natural landscapes around Bohatický pond and the surrounding hills. The Ptačí vršek educational trail presents the nature of Ptačí vršek near Bohatice. It is approximately 500 metres long, classified as easy, and runs from the southern foot to the northern slope of Ptačí vršek near Bohatice.

In the southern part of the cadastral area of Bohatice, there are sandstone rock walls and a small cave in a former quarry. The Bohatický stream drains water from Bohatický pond.

The NORD RANČ facility has equestrian facilities and prepares young horses for relaxed recreational riding. NORD RANČ also offers rides into the surrounding forests.

Culture

The historic water reservoir in Bohatice has a brick-built above-ground section made of fired bricks, with architectural details in the late Art Nouveau style. Above its entrance, remnants of letters have survived that presumably formed the date 1913.

The Immaculata Column is a sandstone column with a statue of the Virgin Mary standing on a globe and a crescent moon. The column is considered evidence of the development of North Bohemian Baroque sculpture and is freely accessible.

The chapel in Bohatice is a small Baroque building from the end of the 18th century and has been a cultural monument since 1965.

History

Bohatická Rychta is a listed historic building dating from 1768 and stands on the site of a former fortress from the 13th century. The former Rychta is considered an unusual local example of Lusatian-Sorbian folk architecture. The oldest surviving wooden structure in the half-timbered upper floor dates from 1604–1605. Bohatická Rychta currently offers spaces for artistic residencies.

A trade route from Prague via Žitava towards the Baltic Sea once passed through the area of Bohatice.

Geographical location

Road No. 268 runs through Bohatice and connects Česká Lípa with Mimoň and Mnichovo Hradiště. Bohatice can be reached by bus.

Other places at the same level are Sosnová U České Lípy, Okrouhlá U Nového Boru, Pertoltice Pod Ralskem, Stvolínky, Cvikov, Kunratice U Cvikova, Slunečná and Svojkov.

To the higher-level travel overview: Česká Lípa District.