Rybitví: Hotels and Accommodation

In 1827, the cousins František Veverka, a farmer, and Václav Veverka, a blacksmith, completed their approximately three-year experiments with a new plough design in Rybitví. Local residents called it “ruchadlo”. The ruchadlo was an agricultural ploughing implement that made it easier to regulate the ploughing depth, turned the soil over and loosened it.

History

The monument commemorating the first successful trial of the ruchadlo consists of a bronze ruchadlo on a stone pedestal near the former blacksmith’s workshop in Rybitví. In 1832, Jan Kainz, an official of the Choltice estate, exhibited the ruchadlo at an agricultural exhibition under the name “Kainz Plough” as his own invention.

Routes

The Veverka cousins’ birthplace, “Rodný domek br. Veverkových”, is currently closed. A restoration project is currently being prepared for the Veverka cousins’ birthplace and its surroundings, and a suitable option is being selected.

A 3 km-long yellow-marked hiking route leads to Rybitví and ends at a public transport stop. The 52 km-long route “Along the Opatovický Canal to the Horses” is designated for road and trekking bicycles and lists the Veverka cousins’ birthplace in Rybitví as a point of interest.

Transport

According to the timetable valid from 27 July 2026, DPMP route 33 connects Hlavní nádraží with Rybitví via Globus. DPMP route 3 connects the main railway station, Hlavní nádraží, with Rybitví and Lázně Bohdaneč.

Surroundings

The Church of Svatý Jiří is located in the immediate vicinity of Rybitví. Also nearby are the hill (Cihelna) [Pardubice-Opočínek] and the hill (Na Podbahní) [Pardubice-Ohrazenice]. In the wider regional surroundings of Rybitví are Bučina Mountain, Krkanka Mountain and Zámek Kačina Castle.

More local pages: Turkovice, Mokošín, Bezděkov U Choltic, Přelouč, Dolní Ředice, Sezemice Nad Loučnou, Semín, Břehy

To the broader travel overview: Pardubice District.