Staré Ždánice: Hotels and Accommodation

Culture and History

The Church of St. Wenceslas in Staré Ždánice is an Early Gothic church built in 1339 on the site of an earlier Romanesque wooden church. It has a single-nave layout, a square presbytery with a cross-ribbed vault, and a massive prismatic tower on its northern side with battlements and a stone pyramidal roof.

Zámeček Staré Ždánice was remodeled into a Romantic-style château by Baron Nathaniel Filip de Aras. It is open to the public during regular cultural events and guided tours.

The former municipal office, which Žilka had built in the 1930s, now houses a small museum dedicated to his life and legacy. It displays historical photographs, documents such as a marriage certificate and a military identification card, as well as other artifacts from his life.

Traditions and Events

The traditional Staročeské Máje festival in Staré Ždánice is always held on the last Saturday in May from 1 p.m. It includes a procession of young men in folk costumes accompanied by live music, followed by the Staročeská beseda dance beneath the main maypole. Since 2010, Staročeské Máje has been organized entirely by young people from Staré Ždánice.

Water Management

The Opatovický Canal runs through Staré Ždánice and is a surviving testament to the former Pernštejn fishpond system. It is an important Early Renaissance technical structure connecting the Elbe between Opatovice and Semín. The Pernštejns built it between 1498 and 1514 to power mills, hammer mills, and fulling mills. A vaulted bridge over the Opatovický Canal is a historic structure in Staré Ždánice.

Cycling Routes

Cycle Route 4040 connects Čeperka, Staré Ždánice, and Lázně Bohdaneč. In Staré Ždánice, KČT Cycle Route 4200 begins along this route and leaves the village on an asphalt road toward Osice.

Other places: Úhřetická Lhota, Horní Ředice, Veliny, Přelouč, Sopřeč, Rybitví, Holotín, Jankovice

To the higher-level travel overview: Pardubice District.