Kostelní Strimelice: Hotels and Accommodation

In Kostelní Střimelice, the Church of St Martin is registered as a protected cultural monument. It contains a Baroque high altar from the first quarter of the 18th century, which was transferred here from the Na Zderaze Church in Prague in 1789, as well as a wooden pulpit dating from 1707.

Culture and History

The former fortress of Kostelní Střimelice is first documented in writing in 1359. Copper mining near Kostelní Střimelice, formerly Horní Střimelice, and Hradové Střimelice, formerly Dolní Střimelice, began in the early 1540s.

Landscape

Kostelní Střimelice is situated in a prominent location on the slopes of the 542 m-high Pecný hill. The site of the former fortress remains a prominent spur of land at an elevation of 450 m.

In the immediate vicinity of Kostelní Střimelice is (Na Marjánce) [Zvánovice], a hill. In the vicinity of Kostelní Střimelice are Horka [Chocerady-Vestec], a hill, and Vysoký les [Klokočná], a hill. In the wider regional surroundings of Kostelní Střimelice is Žebrák, a mountain.

Routes

Official cycle route 4/C passes through Kostelní Střimelice and is an approximately 30 km-long circular route starting from Sázava. A blue-marked hiking trail runs through Kostelní Střimelice and continues to the signpost near Chlum.

Surroundings

In the wider regional surroundings of Kostelní Střimelice are Práče, a fortress, and Loreta, a church.

Other Locality Pages

Other locality pages: Svojetice, Zlonín, Mnichovice U Říčan, Stirin, Výžerky, Velké Popovice, Černé Voděrady, Sibřina.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Praha-Východ.