Chbany: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Vikletice has been part of the municipality of Chbany since 1963 and is located on the right bank of the Nechranice Reservoir. The reservoir is a body of water in an open landscape covering more than 1,300 hectares. Near Vikletice, the right bank is home to the reservoir’s greatest concentration of campsites, beaches and recreational facilities.

Water and Activities

In spring and autumn, the Nechranice Reservoir is suitable for sailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing when winds are favorable. In summer, it is used for swimming and fishing. The Nechranice Yacht Club is located on the southern shore of the reservoir in the central shoreline area near Vikletice and serves as a base for sailing and water sports.

The Nechranice Yacht Club has facilities for regional and international sailing competitions, including jetties, a mooring basin and concrete ramps for launching boats. Its members’ activities include windsurfing, kitesurfing, wing foiling, as well as recreational and competitive sailing.

Culture and History

Poláky Chateau is protected as a cultural monument. The public tour presents life at a rural aristocratic estate during the First Republic and opened in 2024. The tour includes 12 rooms; it can be conducted with a guided commentary or independently using printed texts and proceeding at your own pace.

Near Poláky was an extensive cemetery of the Bylany culture dating from the 7th to the 5th century BC, from which 54 graves were excavated. In the area of Soběsuky, one of Europe’s most extensive Celtic settlements, with almost 60 graves, was also researched.

The Church of Saint Martin in Soběsuky was first mentioned in papal tithe registers in 1369 and was remodeled in the Baroque style around that time. Its grounds are enclosed by a cemetery wall and lie above the deeply incised valley of the Ohře. At the entrance to the church stands a Baroque group of statues of Saint John of Nepomuk dating from 1724; the village square features an early Baroque Marian column from 1694.

Near Soběsuky stands a protected acacia tree designated as a memorial tree. It is approximately 200 years old and has a trunk circumference of 330 centimeters at a height of 1.3 meters. In Vikletice, the Baroque Chapel of Saint Anne was built in 1744–1745 and restored in 1909–1910. It has a Rococo high altar with a painting of Saint Anne created in 1910 by the Prague painter Joseph Wünsch.

Landscape and Views

From the observation tower in Vikletice, the view extends over the Nechranice Reservoir, the Ore Mountains, the Doupov Mountains and the Džbán Plateau. The observation tower is 13.8 meters high, and 54 steps lead to its viewing platform. It can be entered with the permission of the owner of the Holiday Centrum.

In the wider regional area, marked cycling routes lead from Chomutov, Kadaň and Žatec to the Nechranice Reservoir.

Other Locality Pages

Other locality pages: Pysna, Háj, Veliká Ves, Křimov, Račetice, Okounov, Kryštofovy Hamry, Nová Víska.

To the higher-level travel overview: Chomutov District.