Jakartovice: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Jakartovice is a place where historical landmarks, a landscape shaped by slate and a range of seasonal attractions come together. Between local history, forests and floodplain areas, a diverse picture emerges, combining culture, nature observation and routes through the surrounding area.

Culture and History

Jakartovice is home to the Baroque parish Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, dating from 1755. The statue of Saint John of Nepomuk also dates from the Baroque period; it was created in 1725. Both landmarks are visible historical features of the village and stand alongside a history that reaches considerably further back.

Jakartovice was founded by German colonists and was first mentioned in 1250. During the Bohemian–Hungarian Wars, the village fell into decline in 1472 before being resettled in 1540. An annual tradition is the Jakartovský karmaš, held since 1995 on the first Saturday in September. The festival includes a mass, fairground attractions, brass music, refreshments and evening entertainment.

Nature and Landscape

Jakartovice is part of the Krajina Břidlice National Geopark. Slate shapes not only the geological classification but also individual traces of human use: the Štola Jakartovice was created through the mining of clay slate. Today, it is not open to the public; entry is prohibited. At the same time, the Štola Jakartovice is an important wintering site for bats, particularly the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis).

The protection of certain species is also part of the landscape. The Jakartovice area serves to protect the dusky large blue butterfly (Maculinea nausithous). Between Jakartovice and Mladecko there is also a complex of floodplain meadows with accompanying trees and shrubs. Thus, protected habitats and the surroundings shaped by former slate mining exist side by side in different forms.

Routes and Water

Near Jakartovice lies a flooded slate quarry that is used for swimming in summer. Another landscape feature can be reached at the edge of the village: a forest path towards Bohdanovice leads to several former ponds associated with slate mining. This path is also suitable for bicycles, thereby connecting the historical use of slate with a route through the forest.

More ponds lie in the forest between Jakartovice, Staré Heřminovy and Svobodné Heřmanice, near the 482-metre-high Za Starou Vodou hill. These ponds are not suitable for swimming. The surroundings of Jakartovice are suitable for hiking; here, paths, forested areas, water and traces of slate mining meet without the individual destinations forming a single uniform landscape type.

Seasons and Orientation

A tourist hut lies in the forest about 1 km beyond Jakartovice. It is rented out annually only from 1 April to 31 October. For 2026, the Hvozdnický Express has also been scheduled: it operates on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 1 May to 28 September. The route between Opava and Svobodné Heřmanice includes Jakartovice as a stop.

The points of interest described here therefore range from the village’s Baroque appearance and historical upheavals through the National Geopark to forests, floodplain meadows, ponds and seasonally used destinations. The pages for other destinations in the area can then add to the regional context.

Other Destination Pages

Other destination pages: Dolní Benešov, Chvalíkovice, Hať, Těškovice, Velké Hoštice, Nové Sedlice, Ludgeřovice and Kravaře.

For the overview of the wider travel region: Opava District.