Lipnice: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The large village square in Lipnice is home to the square Chapel of the Holy Trinity, built in 1800, and several ponds. In South Bohemia, the square shape of the chapel is unusual; church buildings of this form do not occur there. Lipnice also features examples of South Bohemian folk architecture.

Village and Architecture

The present appearance of Lipnice was shaped by 18 farmsteads built after the Thirty Years' War. The village displays the traditional structure of a South Bohemian village: rows of farmsteads with courtyards enclosed on all four sides are arranged around the large village square. Thus, the settlement layout, farmsteads and village square are among the defining architectural features of the place.

History

Lipnice was founded in an area that belonged to the Cistercian monastery of Zwettl (Světlé) in the 12th century. The nobleman Mikuláš z Lipnice, known as Vícemil, is first mentioned in connection with Lipnice in 1378.

The history of the legionnaire Petr Zíka is also connected with the village: he served in the Česká družina in Russia and fell on 2 July 1917 in the Battle of Zborov.

Nature

The Nový Lipnický (Podřezaný) pond is a peat pond with unusually brown water. Brown water flows into it from the nearby Červené Blato Nature Reserve. The Podřezaný pond is also a fish-breeding pond operated by Rybářství Třeboň and is used for recreation as well.

Location

Lipnice is located in South Bohemia, 11 km south of Třeboň, on the road to Nové Hrady. Lipnice can also be reached via a district road from Kramolín and via roads from Cep and Kojákovice.

Other village pages in the directory: Planá U Českých Budějovic, Závraty, Holasovice, Diwtschitz, Vlhlavy, Strýčice, Slavče, Groß Cekau.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres České Budějovice.