Rokytnice V Orlických Horách: Hotels and Accommodations
The market square of the mountain town of Rokytnice v Orlických horách is surrounded by single-story arcaded houses built using timber-frame construction and a manor complex. The urban conservation area has been protected since September 1, 2003.
Culture and History
Historical buildings include the Church of All Saints and the Church of the Holy Trinity, also known as the Castle Church. The Church of All Saints was built between 1679 and 1684 on the site of a wooden church that burned down in the great town fire of 1661. The Church of the Holy Trinity was built by Kryštof Mauschwitz in 1603 and originally served as a Protestant house of prayer.
The Jewish cemetery in Rokytnice was founded in 1718. The gravestone of the poet Moritz Reich, who lived from 1831 to 1857, has been preserved there.
The interactive Sýpka Museum is a museum of nature and crafts housed in a former granary. An aviary features 55 bird species found in the Orlické hory Mountains. The Railway Museum is located at Rokytnice railway station in a former locomotive shed for steam locomotives. Its main exhibition is dedicated to the Doudleby–Vamberk–Rokytnice railway line; currently, the exhibition is dominated by the 328.011-class steam locomotive nicknamed “Vendulka”.
Nature and Surroundings
The area around Rokytnice v Orlických horách lies on the edge of the Orlické hory Protected Landscape Area and within the drainage basin of the Rokytenka stream.
In the vicinity of Rokytnice v Orlických horách, the educational trail covering the fortifications has 14 information boards. They are located along the red-marked trail between Panské Pole and Anenský vrch and in the area of Hanička Fortress. Also nearby, the ANNA lookout tower on Anenský vrch offers views in all directions and is freely accessible.
Other places in the same area: Pěčín, Pohoří, Dobruska, Trnov U Dobrusky, Plasnice, Vamberk, Borohrádek, Osečnice.
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