Horní Nová Ves: Hotels and Accommodation

The 13-kilometre Kamennou hůrou educational trail passes through Horní Nová Ves and includes eleven stations. It combines diverse natural scenery, authentic examples of folk architecture, geological features and places associated with local legends.

Nature and Trails

The Kamenná hůra Nature Reserve is located near Horní Nová Ves, has been protected since 1956 and preserves a so-called bare beech forest. The Údolí Javorky Natural Monument covers the cadastral area of Horní Nová Ves; it protects the meandering course of the Javorka stream and marshy meadows with protected plant species.

The Jižní okruh z Nové Paky is described as an easy cycling tour of approximately 17 kilometres for mountain bikes or trekking bikes and reaches Horní Nová Ves on an unmarked road at kilometre 11.

History and Culture

Horní Nová Ves was permanently incorporated into the Bělohrad domain during the Thirty Years' War. Dražná was the fortress located in Horní Nová Ves. On the left bank of the Javorka, on the boundary between the cadastral areas of Horní Nová Ves and Prostřední Ves, lie the remains of a vanished medieval fortress. It is known by the names Dražná and Na Drahách and is first documented for the year 1400 or 1396, respectively.

A memorial plaque on the birthplace of Emil Buchar at Horní Nová Ves 68 commemorates the important Czech astronomer. He discovered the first Czech minor planet, named it after his mother Tynka and used observations of Sputnik 1 in 1957 to determine the Earth's flattening more precisely.

Horní Nová Ves has a renovated crucifix monument, as well as a statue of Saint John of Nepomuk. Numerous preserved log cabins can be found along the Javorka.

In the Wider Area

The mountains of Maxinec (MLázovický chlum), Tábor and Přivýšina are located around Horní Nová Ves. The nearby hill Na Zámcích [Lužany] is also in the vicinity. In the wider regional area are the Lázně Church and the Valdštejn Church.

More Local Pages

More local pages: Konecchlumí, Třebnouševes, Ohaveč, Doubrava, Bystřice, Stav, Ohařice, Úlibice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Jičín District.