Horní Roveň: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Horní Roveň is characterized by a distinctive ecclesiastical and rural architectural history. The present-day Church of Saint Catherine was built here in 1697–1699 on the site of a wooden church. The church complex in the center of the village is registered as an immovable cultural monument and was once a landmark of the village. The building ensemble includes the freestanding masonry bell tower with a pyramidal roof. It measures 6.90 × 7.20 meters and was built in 1799.

Culture and History

The vicarage of Horní Roveň is particularly illustrative: The single-story Baroque rural vicarage dates from 1717, was remodeled in the Neoclassical style in 1829–1830, and retains its original layout with a spacious entrance hall. At the same time, it is a valuable testimony to the development of rural vicarages in the 18th and 19th centuries.

South of the Church of Saint Catherine, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary stands beside a field path; it is registered as a cultural monument. There is also the Chapel of Saint Wenceslas, a valuable small Baroque building from 1746. The farmstead protected under registration number 23943/6-2074 is likewise one of the village’s architecturally valuable landmarks: The enclosed agricultural complex comprises a former two-story granary from 1864 and a gate.

A historic inn with a cultural center has survived to this day in the former village center. The village’s history also includes the railway station established in Horní Roveň in 1899.

Surroundings and Trails

In the wider surroundings of Horní Roveň, the area around Dolní Roveň can be accessed via a marked trail from Uhersko railway station along the Lodrant Dam. The trail offers a beautiful view of the pond and continues via Horní Jelení to Vysoké Chvojno.

More village pages to read: Vlčí Habřina, Žáravice, Mokošín, Čepí, Ostřetín, Plch, Hrobice, Neratov.

For the higher-level travel overview: Pardubice District.