Holiday apartment in Hostišová: Culture, traditions and landscape

Hostišová combines Baroque cultural heritage, historic memorial sites, recurring festivals and traces of human settlement dating back to the Lower Paleolithic. Between the chapel, Stations of the Cross, lookout tower and the landscape areas above the municipality, a diverse picture of the place emerges.

Culture

The settlement of Hostišová was first mentioned in writing in 1397. One of the distinctive religious landmarks is the stone Baroque cross “Barokní kříž”, made of coarse-grained sandstone. It was erected in 1756 by Jakub Polášek and is listed under number 1909 in the Register of Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic. The chapel “Kaple Navštívení Panny Marie” was built in 1869 on the site of an earlier bell tower.

The more recent memorial sites are also part of Hostišová’s cultural character. The “Památník Clay - Eva” memorial was unveiled on 6 May 2005. The Clay parachute group parachuted into the Trnovec area, within the cadastral territory of the municipality of Hostišová, on the night of 12–13 April 1944. The “Památník partyzána Metoděje Ponížila” memorial commemorates the partisan Metoděj Ponížil, who fell during the liberation on 5 May 1945 at the age of 29.

Traditions and events

The annual Hody festival in Hostišová, known as “Náš svátek”, is always celebrated on 2 July. Masses are held in the chapel every year on 2 May, 2 July and 2 September; the Mass on 2 July is the local pilgrimage, “Náš svátek”.

Every year on New Year’s Day, people climb the nearby Hřeben hill. The hill is 399 m above sea level; participants receive their own New Year’s stamp. At the carnival in Hostišová, a masked procession led by a bear takes place on the last Saturday before Ash Wednesday. Above Hostišová, the Stations of the Cross, “Křížová cesta”, were ceremonially opened on 26 September 2009. Below the chapel are a workout area and a children’s playground.

Landscape

In the surroundings of present-day Hostišová, the landscape contains archaeological traces of settlement from all periods since the Lower Paleolithic. Paleolithic finds date back to around 10,000 BC. In the fields above Hostišová stands a common pear (Pyrus communis) approximately 250 years old, with a trunk circumference of 370 cm.

In the centre of the municipality, an English oak (Quercus robur) with a trunk circumference of 270 cm grows on the grounds of a locksmith’s workshop. It is associated with the history of the Vojáček family. During the First Republic, festivals were held in its garden, with state flags hung on the oak. The lookout tower is 14 m high, is made of natural materials such as stone and wood, and has a circular viewing platform at a height of 11 m.

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