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Těchonín: Hotels and accommodations

In Těchonín, the view from the treeless Stanovnický kopec hill stretches across the surrounding landscape. The Tichá Orlice flows from Celné through the lower part of Těchonín and onward toward Sobkovice.

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Landscape

The preserved nature around Těchonín includes extensive forests and scenic landscapes.

Trails and winter

A blue-marked hiking trail leads from Těchonín through the Čerňovice valley to Suchý vrch. In winter, groomed cross-country ski trails in Těchonín can be used for excursions into the surrounding area.

Culture and history

The Church of Saint Margaret in Těchonín was built in 1704 on the site of an earlier wooden church. The church contains an altarpiece created in 1862 by the painter Josef Vorlíček, depicting Saint Margaret killing a dragon.

A monument next to the cemetery in Těchonín commemorates 104 men and women of Greek or Macedonian origin buried there. In the Celné district of Těchonín, the Celné Cross bears the year 1790. The Celné Chapel was built there in 1825; it has an onion-shaped dome with a lantern for the bell and is dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk.

The revived tradition of the Těchonín Masopust procession has existed since 2001.

Culture and nature

The Bouda artillery fortress has been listed as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1995 and lies in a wooded mountain massif above Těchonín, Lichkov and Dolní Boříkovice. The Bouda fortress contains a protected wintering site for nine bat species.

Tours of the Bouda artillery fortress include exhibitions on the army, national defence and Czechoslovak fortifications. The Bouda artillery fortress can be reached from Těchonín railway station via a green-marked hiking trail; the route is 6.5 km long.

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