Chrast: Hotels and accommodations

Chrast Castle was the former seat and later the summer residence of the bishops of Hradec Králové. The castle building houses the Chrast Town Museum and the town office; the town museum was founded in 1893 by Vincenc Paulus.

Culture

The permanent exhibition of the Chrast Museum includes a model of the Codex Gigas made for the Prague Exhibition. The former castle chapel, with its original wall paintings, serves as the museum’s concert hall and is used for concerts.

The Church of the Holy Trinity stands in the middle of Chrast’s market square. The first records of St. Martin’s Church in Chrast date from 1350; it was consecrated on August 3, 1721.

The old water tower in Chrašice is also connected with the history of the castle. It was built to supply the bishop’s castle in Chrast with utility water; Bishop Matouš Ferdinand von Bilenberg had the water pipeline constructed in 1662. After its reconstruction, the old water tower was opened to the public on September 19, 2012.

Nature

Chrast Castle Garden was established in the mid-19th century by Bishop Karel Hanl and transformed into a park in 1903 by the Prague architect Thomayer. The castle garden is open to the public year-round.

The Chrastecka educational trail connects the ČD railway station in Chrast with the ČD railway station in Vrbatův Kostelec and is 12.47 km long. The Žejbro River borders almost the entire Chrastecka educational trail and flows through Chrast.

In the vicinity of Chrast, there is an island on Horecký Pond that provides refuge for swans and wild ducks.

More local pages: Kladno, Hlinsko V Cechách, Křižanovice, Dědová, Míčov-Sušice, Všeradov, České Lhotice, Orel

To the overarching travel overview: Chrudim District.