Kozlov between the Watershed and the Village Church

Kozlov combines a distinctive cultural history with clear links to the landscape. The village church, watershed, named mountains and castle ruins, as well as two cycling connections, offer different thematic approaches to the locality and its wider surroundings.

Geographical Setting

Kozlov lies on the upper course of the Kozlovský potok at an elevation of 505 m. The European watershed, which separates drainage towards the North Sea and the Black Sea, runs through the cadastral area of the locality. The stream rises in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands northwest of Kozlov, at an elevation of approximately 522 m. The built-up area, watercourse and watershed thus mark three distinct geographical reference points.

Culture and History

The Church of St. John and St. Paul stands in the centre of the village of Kozlov and is its defining landmark. At the same time, it stands freely at a crossroads on the northern edge of the locality, is an important landmark of the municipality and shapes the long-distance views across the hilly landscape.

The shell of the Church of St. Paul was built in 1936 in just seven weeks on the site of an original chapel dating from 1867. The church was consecrated on 2 May 1937. Its construction history thus links the predecessor building from the 19th century with an unusually short construction period and the consecration date from the first half of the 20th century.

Kozlov is also home to a significant monument to thirty men who fell in the First World War. It was unveiled in 1930 and complements the church's architectural history with an independent historical memorial site.

Landscape in the Surroundings

The named geographical features in the vicinity of Kozlov include the mountains Kopeček, Řehořovský vrch, Panský kopec and Blažkov. Smetanovy sady is a park in the vicinity of Kozlov. The mountains and park represent different forms of landscape in the locality's nearby surroundings.

In the wider regional surroundings of Kozlov are Roštejn [Doupě] castle outlook t. and the ruins of Orlík and Janštejn. These named features do not belong to the immediate locality, but extend the geographical perspective beyond Kozlov to the wider regional surroundings.

Cycling Connections

Cycle path 5215 runs through Kozlov. In addition, the route “Přírodou za památkami města Polná” runs from Jihlava via Velký Beranov and through Kozlov, continuing to Rytířsko and Ždírec. The two routes differ in that one cycle path passes directly through the locality, while the second route connects several specifically named places.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Kozlov, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions can be compared one after another on the respective offer pages. This information helps organise different options according to the same personal requirements without conflating the locality's geographical and cultural themes.

Other Locality Pages

Other locality pages: Zbilidy, Záborná, Jersín, Dyjice, Řásná, Doupě, Kněžice, Klatovec

To the higher-level travel overview: Jihlava District.