Svinčany: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Svinčany is home to the late Baroque Church of St. Lawrence, built between 1764 and 1768. Tombstones of the Gerštorf knights were built into its exterior and interior walls; the church is also richly decorated with frescoes by Josef Kramolín.

Culture

East of the Church of St. Lawrence in Svinčany stands a statue of the Virgin Mary created in 1864 by Ferdinand Kofránek from Hořice. A monument to those who fell in the World War was erected on the village square in Svinčany in 1924, with a statue of J. A. Komenský on its front.

Landscape

The Barborka lookout tower is located on cycle route 4128 in Horní Raškovice, a district of Svinčany. In good visibility, the lookout tower offers views of the Železné hory, the Orlické hory, the Krkonoše Mountains and the Polabí region. It can be reached on foot and by bicycle.

Svinčany is listed at kilometre 21.5 of the 27.5-kilometre themed cycling circuit to Choltice.

Surroundings

The Krkanka and Bučina hills and the Church of St. George are located around Svinčany. In the immediate vicinity are Janský kopec Hill [Svinčany] and the (Na Hranicích) Hill [Jeníkovice u Choltic]. In the wider regional surroundings of Svinčany lies Kačina Castle.

More Local Pages

You can find more local pages for Rohoznice, Staré Hradiště, Vápno, Kunětice, Čeperka, Veselí, Semín and Neratov.

For the higher-level travel overview: Pardubice District.