Oldřišov – Church, Nature Trail and Cycling Routes

Oldřišov offers a cultural introduction through the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary: it is a single-nave structure made of sandstone blocks and bricks.

Culture

The church complex also includes a free-standing wooden bell tower. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary also hosts an odpustová mše svatá as part of the Oldřišovský odpust. The Oldřišov ve staletích exhibition offers another way to explore the local history. It can be visited during the municipal office’s opening hours or by prior arrangement.

The cultural points of interest differ in form: the building, bell tower, exhibition and church event stand as separate aspects. If you would like to combine different interests during a trip, these attractions can be considered separately from the nature and cycling topics.

Nature

The Hněvošický háj nature trail is located in the nature reserve of the same name between Hněvošice, Služovice and Oldřišov. Along the nature trail, seven information boards provide information about the local fauna and flora as well as the settlement history of the region. The nature trail is approximately 3.5 km long.

The route thus combines natural-history content with a regional-history topic, without requiring both focuses to be given equal weight. For day planning, the trail’s length and themes can be considered separately from the cycling routes’ connections between localities.

Cycling Routes

Cycling route 6095 leads from the Pilszcz/Oldřišov border crossing through Oldřišov to Hněvošice, Vrbka and Svoboda. A second connection is provided by the 16 km-long cycling route 6054, which runs through Oldřišov and Služovice onward toward Kobeřice.

When comparing the nature trail and cycling routes, their different lengths, themes and connections between localities can be considered separately. The cycling routes include both a route with a border crossing and a connection toward Kobeřice explicitly stated as being 16 km long.

Landscape

In the wider regional surroundings of Oldřišov, Cvilin is a ruin; Přílet is a mountain, and Rzuchow - Zameczek is a castle. In the immediate vicinity of Oldřišov, Vydrovy kopce [Oldřišov], Obecník [Oldřišov] and Almin kopec [Hněvošice] are each hills.

The geographical classification distinguishes destinations in the immediate vicinity from those in the wider regional surroundings. This creates a clear spatial gradation between the hills around Oldřišov and the more broadly defined landscape and cultural destinations.

The types of sites thus range from hills in the immediate vicinity to a ruin, mountain and castle in the wider regional surroundings. For geographical classification, it is important to distinguish between destinations in the immediate vicinity and those in the wider regional surroundings of Oldřišov.

When choosing a hotel for Oldřišov, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions are three different points of comparison. They relate to your own travel period, the preferred room type and the respective booking conditions. The accommodation decision therefore stands alongside the cultural, nature and cycling topics described and can be considered separately from them.

Other Places

Other places: Slavkov, Staré Těchanovice, Hlavnice, Vítkov, Kobeřice Ve Slezsku, Nové Lublice, Hrabyně, Svatoňovice

To the broader travel overview: Opava District.