Oselce: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Oselce combines Baroque architectural heritage with local traditions, marked trails and recurring customs. The historical starting point is the Baroque château in Oselce, built in 1680 on the site of an earlier fortress. Between 1707 and 1737, Antonio de Maggi remodelled the château. It includes a chapel with a ceiling fresco depicting Bohemian patron saints.

Culture

On the 662-metre-high Markétin vrch northwest of Oselce stands the Baroque Chapel of St Margaret, built in 1691. From Oselce, it can be reached via a green-marked hiking trail approximately one kilometre long; access is only occasionally possible. A memorial lime tree from Oselce, with a trunk circumference of 525 cm, also stands along the route to Markétin vrch.

In Kotouň stands the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, built in 1703–1705 on the site of a church that burned down in 1475. The church complex includes a preserved ossuary and a low Baroque bell tower dating from 1696.

In the forest above Kotouň stands the niche chapel known as Kloubovka. A spring rises inside it, and local tradition attributes healing effects to its water, particularly for joint and limb pain. Čertův hrad is a chapel by a pond east of Nová Ves on the road to Nezdřev; the site is associated with a local legend about boulders left behind by the devil.

Places of Interest

The Muzeum motorek v Oselcích is a small exhibition of historic motorcycles on the ground floor of the Oselce municipal office. Motorcycles of the Jawa and ČZ brands are displayed there.

Trails and Traditions

Cycle Route 2046 passes through Oselce and mainly uses dedicated and local roads. Cycle Route 2161 passes through Nová Ves and follows Road III/1882.

The Oselecká pouť is a recurring local tradition documented for 2024 and 2025; older municipal records place the main celebrations at the Chapel of St Margaret. A New Year's march with fireworks took place in Oselce on 1 January 2025, and a New Year's march took place on 1 January 2026.

Other Places

Kasejovice, Nezdice, Nové Mitrovice, Zdemyslice, Kotovice, Robčice, Nebílovy, Životice

For the higher-level travel overview: Plzeň-Jih.