Vrbčany: Hotels and Accommodation

Vrbčany dates back to the early history of the region: before the year 999, a Romanesque stone predecessor of St. Wenceslas Church was built here. Its remains came to light during an archaeological examination of the church in the 1930s.

History and Culture

St. Wenceslas Church houses the Pazderňák bell, cast in 1592. It bears the coat of arms of the Smiřický family as well as a relief of Christ on the cross. A 296-kilogram bell of the church was consecrated on September 29, 1946, and is still used today to announce the death of a resident of Vrbčany or an important church event.

The early medieval hillfort of Vrbčany is located on a low spur of land above the confluence of the Vrbčanský potok and the Výrovka. The distinctive terrain terraces in the present-day fields near the hillfort are the last visible traces of its former fortifications. The rampart surrounding the fortified area near the church in Vrbčany is approximately 184 meters long and up to 1.6 meters high. From the village center, the hillfort can be reached via steps to the eastern tip of the church grounds and then along unmarked paths in an easterly direction.

Landscape and Nature

The Výrovka stream flows through Vrbčany, where the Vrbčanský potok flows into it.

Velká Stráž lies in the vicinity of Vrbčany, northwest of and above the village. It is home to a partially flooded, abandoned quarry with a pond and a steppe-like landscape. In the vicinity of Vrbčany, Velká Stráž provides a habitat for wild ducks, coots, fish, numerous frogs, dragonflies, lizards and other small reptiles, as well as breeding marsh harriers.

The Velká Stráž quarry is also a climbing sector in the vicinity of Vrbčany, with 17 listed routes. These are distributed across the right, middle and rear sections.

In the vicinity of Vrbčany, the Stráně u splavu Nature Reserve protects heat-loving plant communities of the rocky steppe on the rocky slopes of the Výrovka valley, as well as numerous specially protected and endangered drought- and heat-loving plant and animal species.

Trails and Discoveries

Vrbčany is stop 6 on the regional project “Tajuplná místa Podlipanska”. The project includes a free pocket guide for walks to places surrounded by mysteries and legends.

More local pages: Kořenice, Doubravčice, Kouřim, Žehuň, Jestřabí Lhota, Uhlířská Lhota, Radovesnice I, Pňov-Předhradí.

To the main travel overview: Kolín District.