Velký Bor: Church, Pond and Holiday Apartment

The Church of Saint John the Baptist, built in the 13th century, stands in Velký Bor and preserves fragmentary original wall paintings. The history of this place can be read in its buildings and individual details, as well as in its connections to the surrounding regional landscape. Between culture, nature and trails, different perspectives on Velký Bor open up.

Culture and History

The church also retains three bricked-up windows with remnants of trefoil tracery, as well as an Early Gothic portal leading to the vestibule of the sacristy. The tower contains five bells, including the more than 500-year-old Jan bell. The Romanesque castle chapel of Velký Bor is attached to the Baroque hospital.

On the foundations of the demolished castle, Princess Marie of Löwenstein had a hospital with a chapel built in 1765 for retired officials of the estate. In 1869, the municipality bought the former hospital building and established a school there.

Another stone monument is the Kříž u Benatky wayside cross in Velký Bor. It is made of granite and bears the barely legible year 1843. You can view the site on several levels and distinguish between architectural forms, sacred details and historical uses.

Landscape

Podkostelák Pond reflects the picturesque ensemble of Velký Bor, with the elevated site of the former castle, the church and the houses standing along the shore. The interplay of these elements gives the village a clear connection to the surrounding landscape.

In the wider regional surroundings of Velký Bor lies the Radomysl Mediumwave Radio Mast ruin. Buzrakov Mountain (Plánický hřeben) is also located in the wider regional surroundings of Velký Bor. In the immediate vicinity of Velký Bor lies Boubínský Hill [Horažďovice - Horažďovická Lhota]. Radílec Hill [Chanovice-Dobrotice] is also located there. Stolavec Hill [Horažďovice - Třebomyslice] is likewise in the immediate vicinity of Velký Bor.

The separate information about the immediate surroundings and the wider regional area helps you arrange the landscape connections according to their range. Those who want to combine different themes can place architectural history, water features and hills alongside one another as distinct areas of focus.

Other places: Lomec, Křenice, Mokrosuky, Žihobce, Slatina, Srní, Obytce and Biřkov.

Getting Around

Several cycling trails run through Velký Bor and its immediate surroundings. Velký Bor railway station lies south of the village, less than two kilometres away on the road to Horažďovice.

From the railway station, a path leads between fields to Březový potok, then to its confluence with the Velkoborský potok, and continues along the left bank of this stream into the village of Velký Bor. For planning your day, the cycling trails and the described route from the railway station can be considered different ways of getting around.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Velký Bor, you can compare travel dates, accommodation categories and cancellation policies on the respective offer pages. Depending on your travel plans, you can set the period first or compare the accommodation and contract details more closely.

For the higher-level travel overview: Klatovy District.