Skřivany: Hotels and Accommodation

Culture and History

The château in Skřivany is protected as an immovable cultural monument under registration number ÚSKP 46918/6-694. Around 1720, the old Renaissance fortress in Skřivany was probably extensively rebuilt as a Baroque château. In 1867–1868, Gustav Ledvinka had the château completely remodelled according to a design by Josef Niklas in the Windsor Gothic style.

The Church of St. Anne in Skřivany was founded in 1720 as the château chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and was consecrated to Saint Anne in 1842. It has been protected as a historic monument since 22 January 1964.

The wooden hexagonal bell tower in Skřivany is estimated to date from the period after 1720. Following the sugar factory fire in 1905, it was erected behind the road at its present location. The bell tower was completely restored in 2004; the following year, it received a newly cast bell.

A monument to Václav Vojtěch stands in the park in front of the Skřivany municipal office. It commemorates the traveller who, as part of Admiral Byrd’s expedition, became the first Czech to set foot in Antarctica.

Landscape and Notable Places

The Cidlina River flows along the eastern edge of Skřivany; its riverbed has been partially regulated. Vrší offers a view over Skřivany and the surrounding area. In good weather, the view also extends to the Chlumecké vrchy and the Jičín volcanic hills, with the Giant Mountains forming the backdrop.

Vojtěchův dub is a more than 400-year-old pedunculate oak on the road from Skřivany to Myštěves, near the forester’s lodge where Dr Václav Vojtěch was born. The tree has a trunk circumference of 690 centimetres and is 27 metres tall. There are benches and information boards at Vojtěchův dub; the Dr Václav Vojtěch educational trail also runs around the tree.

Cycling Route and Transport Links

The 36.5-kilometre cycle tour “The City of Czech Queens and Student Merrymaking” leads to Sloupno via Skřivany. Another transport link serving the locality is railway line No. 040 between Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Stará Paka and Trutnov.

Other Locality Pages

You can also open the following locality pages: Mžany, Divec, Stará Voda, Předměřice Nad Labem, Šaplava, Čistěves, Nechanice, Hlušice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Hradec Králové District.