Rtyne V Podkrkonosi: Hotels and Accommodation

Rtyně v Podkrkonoší combines tangible evidence of local history with a view of the Rtyně and Svatoňovice basin and an educational trail dedicated to mining monuments. The main attractions are the town museum, historic buildings and memorial sites connected with the peasant uprising of 1775.

Culture and History

The Rtyně v Podkrkonoší Town Museum is located in the former Památník 1775, which was converted from the Rychetská barn in 1975 to mark the 200th anniversary of the peasant uprising. The ethnographic exhibition presents the furnishings of a peasant room, as well as tools and everyday objects used by the local population at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

The peasant uprising of 1775 was a struggle by Czech peasants against the authorities, with the aim of freeing themselves from corvée and serfdom obligations. It is connected with the so-called “selského guberna”, led by the judge Antonín Nývlt from Rtyně v Podkrkonoší, which united the rebellious subjects. The statue of the rebel near the museum commemorates Antonín Nývlt Rychetský and the peasant unrest of 1775; it was created in 1975 by the academic sculptor František David.

In front of the main entrance to the cemetery stands a statue of King David made of local red sandstone. It dates from 1730 and comes from the workshop of Matyáš Bernard Braun.

Historic architectural monuments include the listed log cabin No. 53, an agricultural farmstead of exceptional historical and architectural value. Its residential section with a smoke room dates from 1547. The Roubená chalupa No. 53 is likewise a listed agricultural farmstead of exceptional historical and architectural value; its residential section with a smoke room also dates from 1547.

Landscape and Circular Trail

The chapel above Rtyně v Podkrkonoší offers an impressive view of the Rtyně and Svatoňovice basin, framed by the Jestřebí Mountains.

The Rtyňský okruh begins and ends at the town museum in Rtyně v Podkrkonoší. The Rtyňský okruh, also known as the educational trail to the mining monuments, is 9.6 km long, includes five stations and is considered moderately difficult to challenging.

The Rtyně v Podkrkonoší Town Museum provides guided tours with explanations of the Rtyně bell tower.

Museum and Activities for Children

The museum’s tactile route for blind and visually impaired visitors includes touchable replicas of selected exhibits, labels in Braille and two Czech-language audio guides.

Permonický důl is an adventure game for children in a historic cellar with four tasks. Children search among stones for coal, identify mining objects and look for a piece of gold.

Other Places

Other linked places: Dolní Malá Úpa, Dolníky, Velky Vrestov, Beckov, Dolní Olešnice, Bernartice U Trutnova, Kralovec, Radvanice V Čechách.

To the overview of the surrounding travel region: Okres Trutnov.