Jilemnice: Hotels and Accommodation

Jilemnice combines a medieval-style town centre with significant museum collections, historic buildings and marked trails. This combination is particularly evident around Masaryk Square: it retains its medieval layout and has formed the heart of the town for centuries. Its fountain is considered an important landmark of the square and a valuable technical monument. At the same time, this is where the notional starting point of the “Jilemnice známá neznámá” educational trail is located.

Culture

The Baroque Church of Saint Lawrence was built between 1729 and 1736 and retains a stylistically consistent Baroque interior. The Zvědavá ulička is a unique example of old suburban architecture; most of it was built after the town fire of 1788.

Jilemnice Chateau was built in the second half of the 16th century on the site of an older Waldstein fortress and has preserved its Renaissance core to this day. The listed chateau has housed exhibitions of the Krkonoše Museum since 1953.

The Krkonoše Museum presents the history of the western Giant Mountains from the great colonisation in the 13th century to the 20th century and highlights Jilemnice as a natural centre of trade and crafts. Among its special exhibits is the nativity scene by Jáchym Metelka, created between 1883 and 1913. Its original mechanism moves 142 figures through 350 types of movement and sound effects. The “White Track” exhibition also traces the development of skiing in the Czech lands up to 1938.

Trails and Circular Routes

The “Jilemnice známá neznámá” educational trail is 7.5 km long, runs through Jilemnice and the surrounding area, and leads to the Chapel of Saint Isidore. In addition, the marked “Jilemnickem křížem krážem” cycling circuit runs for 24 km through Kozinec, Mříčná, Martinice, Horní Branná and Hrabačov before returning to the centre of Jilemnice.

Winter and Park

The Hraběnka area has racing cross-country ski trails with a total length of almost 20 km, as well as the “Buď fit” recreational cross-country ski route.

Jilemnice Chateau Park covers approximately 4 hectares and contains numerous valuable trees and shrubs.

Other places: Poniklá, Václaví, Jesenný, Čistá U Horek, Pelešany, Modřišice, Stepanovice, Tatobity

To the higher-level travel overview: Semily District.