Hrádek: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

An archaeological heritage site is located by the Church of St. Peter and Paul and the Chapel of St. Oldřich. It documents a princely border castle from the 11th century as well as a commandery of the Knights Hospitaller from the 13th century.

Culture

The Chapel of St. Oldřich is a late Romanesque charnel house believed to date from the 13th century. It is considered the only surviving structure commemorating the Přemyslid border castle in Hrádek. The Church of St. Peter and Paul is a Baroque church built between 1764 and 1767, replacing an older church. The core of the older tower and an adjoining section of the northern side aisle have survived. The church has been documented since 1227 and was consecrated on 22 June 1767.

The Neo-Gothic Chapel of St. Agnes, with a square floor plan, dates from the early 20th century and is located approximately 200 metres beyond Hrádek on the road to Jaroslavice. In the southeastern part of Hrádek’s square stands a statue of St. Florian dating from 1757. Opposite the school is a statue of St. John of Nepomuk from the mid-18th century. Near a wine cellar in Hrádek stands a wayside shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows dating from 1788; below the church, the sculptural group “Christ’s Farewell to the Virgin Mary” dates from 1789.

Nature

The Meandry Dyje protected area preserves a largely unregulated section of the Dyje whose river dynamics remain intact. Meandry Dyje is also an important habitat of the Green Snaketail (Ophiogomphus cecilia).

The Jaroslavické rybníky bird protection area protects the population of the Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) and its habitat. It extends across the Jihomoravský kraj region, including the cadastral area of Hrádek u Znojma.

Water

Vodácké tábořiště Hrádek is a basic campsite for water tourists on the left bank of the Dyje at river kilometre 106.6 south of Hrádek. The section of the Dyje from Znojmo to Hrádek is described as a slow-flowing river of difficulty level ZW C with picturesque meanders.

More local pages: Kyjovice, Strachotice, Suchohrdly, Jevisovice, Horní Dunajovice, Šatov, Šafov, Křídlůvky

To the main travel overview: Znojmo District.