Potvorov: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In Potvorov stands the Church of St. Nicholas, a unique fortified late Romanesque gallery church.

Culture and History

At a crossroads on the southern outskirts of Potvorov stands a stone wayside shrine dating from 1750. About 400 metres beyond Potvorov, on the road to Žihle, there is a stone atonement cross that belongs to a valuable group of small monuments. A boundary post on the village square commemorates the fact that, in the second quarter of the 19th century, it marked the boundary between the Rabštejn and Plasy estates.

Potvorov is also home to a well-preserved log house, one of the oldest types of building. The vicarage is a late Baroque building belonging to the group of buildings of Plasy Monastery.

Paths and Landscape

The 37-kilometre Baroko I cycle path passes through Potvorov. A blue-marked hiking trail from Potvorov railway halt provides access to Odlezelské jezero. Odlezelské jezero is protected; this includes the lake formed by a landslide and the associated landslide area.

Surroundings

The hill Pod Březinou and the hill Na Babce near Kralovice-Bukovina are located in the vicinity of Potvorov. The wider regional surroundings of Potvorov include Vladař Mountain, Berdovna Mountain, the ruins of Lina, the Svatý Prokop monument, the ruins of Týřov, and Novy Dvur Monastery.

Other places in the same destination area: Vochov, Horní Bělá, Hvozd, Kaceřov, Vejprnice, Chříč, Blatnice, Zruč-Senec

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Plzeň-Sever.