Chmelík: Hotels and accommodations

Chmelík is a place whose character is shaped by village history, religious heritage, and natural monuments.

Village structure

Chmelík is a village of the linear settlement type, with irregular development. Originally, the fields extended on both sides of the valley; they usually ended at a stream, a path, or a terrain depression.

Several wooden log houses still standing in Chmelík date back to so-called Franconian farmsteads. These reached the Czech lands through colonization in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Church and religious heritage

The late Baroque Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Chmelík was built between 1780 and 1782 and consecrated in 1790. A copy of the statue of the Sorrowful Christ, known in Czech as Bolestný Kristus, was made in 1973 by the academic sculptor František Janda. There are only three copies of the statue of the Sorrowful Christ (Socha Bolestného Krista) in the Czech Republic.

A pilgrimage Mass is held once a year in the Church of St. John of Nepomuk at 9:30 a.m., subject to prior notice.

Nature

The Sněženky ve Vysokém lese natural monument was first designated on June 15, 1994. It protects waterlogged ecosystems with an abundant occurrence of snowdrops.

The V bukách natural monument protects a near-natural beech forest with lush undergrowth. V bukách is one of two natural monuments in the cadastral area of Chmelík.

The Sněženkové údolí natural monument lies in the Vysoký les forest complex, approximately 2.5 km southwest of Chmelík and 1.2 km southeast of the Vysoký Les settlement.

Historic routes

The Trstenická Trail ran through Chmelík.

More local pages

More local pages: Lavičné, Javorník, Sádek, Nemcice, Borova U Policky, Hartinkov, Nová Ves U Jarošova, Kunčina

For the broader travel overview: Svitavy District.