Slezské Rudoltice: Holiday Apartments and Houses

Slezské Rudoltice Castle was built by the Fulštejnové between 1548 and 1565 as a small Renaissance chateau at the lower end of the village, on the site of a medieval fortress. After its Baroque reconstruction, it became one of the cultural centres of Silesia. The castle is open to the public and offers guided tours lasting approximately 45 minutes. The castle grounds include a French garden and a naturalistic English park with a castle pond.

Culture and History

The Church of St Catherine in Slezské Rudoltice has been listed as a protected cultural monument since 18 February 2008; its ÚSKP register number is 102803. The three-nave Neo-Romanesque building was constructed between 1871 and 1875 to a design by G. Meretta, a leading architect of the Olomouc Archdiocese. The church contains the remains and gravestones of members of the Hodic family, transferred from the crypt of the former church building.

Landscape

Slezské Rudoltice lies near the Polish border, on the edge of the Zlatohorská vrchovina in the Osoblažsko foothills. The landscape is characterised by plateaus and smaller areas of low, sparse woodland.

Railway and Trails

The Osoblažská narrow-gauge railway is one of the tourist attractions in Slezské Rudoltice. It has a track gauge of 760 mm, a route length of 20.2 km, and has been in operation since 1898.

The map project of the Osoblažsko microregion includes the designated route “Route C – Slezské Rudoltice”. It also includes cycling and hiking routes through the member municipalities and provides detailed route descriptions and GPS coordinates.

Other places in the same higher-level area include Horní Životice, Horní Benešov, Rymarov, Razová, Bílčice, Slezská Harta, Býkov-Láryšov and Valšov.

For the higher-level travel overview: Bruntál District.