Komotau: Culture, Lake and Zoo Park

For visitors interested in culture, Komotau (Chomutov) begins in the historic centre: in 1992, it was declared an urban heritage conservation zone.

Culture and History

The Church of Saint Catherine is one of the oldest Early Gothic churches in Europe. The Jesuit complex comprises the Church of Saint Ignatius, the Špejchar City Gallery, an arcaded courtyard, the Chomutov Library and the Regional Museum.

The Town Tower is almost 54 metres high; it houses a permanent exhibition on the historical development of Chomutov. The Regional Museum also features a permanent exhibition entitled “Pohledy do pravěku”.

The Stará ves open-air museum presents examples of the crafts and agriculture typical of the regions of the Ore Mountains in permanent exhibitions and accompanying events.

Water and Nature

Kamencové jezero has the largest floating jetty in the Czech Republic. The lake was created around 1809 when an old alum mine was flooded.

Kamencové jezero offers special recreational opportunities as well as numerous leisure and sporting activities.

Chomutov Zoo Park covers 112 hectares. Chomutov Zoo Park is home to 160 animal species from the so-called Palearctic, meaning Europe, Asia and North Africa.

Chomutov Zoo Park also has a 30-hectare enclosure for free-riding excursions among European bison, deer, mouflon and saiga antelope.

The size figures help distinguish the destinations by their spatial character: the Zoo Park covers 112 hectares, while the enclosure for free-riding excursions is 30 hectares in size. The height of the Town Tower, which reaches almost 54 metres, and the path to the fortifications, which is just under one kilometre long, also provide different focal points from the exhibitions in the town centre. This makes it possible to consider large-scale nature and animal areas, short cultural stops and a longer route separately when planning a day.

The various themes range from sacred architecture and urban history through water and wildlife to crafts, agriculture, military history and railway technology. This allows visitors to organise the places mentioned according to their preferred focus without equating the different types of exhibitions, landscapes and route lengths.

For your planning, you can organise the places by theme: urban history and sacred architecture, water and wildlife, military history, Ore Mountain crafts and agriculture, or railway technology. The different route lengths and area sizes provide points of comparison. If you keep costs and time in mind, you can give different weight to the individual exhibition venues, the lake, the Zoo Park and the route to the fortifications.

When comparing hotels in Komotau, you can review travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions side by side. Such a comparison keeps your accommodation decision aligned with your personal circumstances and with the focus you wish to place on culture, water, nature and history.

In the same destination area, you will also find Droužkovice, Kalek, Domašín, Nezabylice, Všestudy, Bílence, Svahová and Vadkovice.

Further Experiences

The Museum of Czechoslovak Fortifications Na Kočičáku is located about one kilometre above Chomutov; a path just under one kilometre long leads to military fortifications, trenches and forgotten machine-gun nests.

At the Railway Repository, almost one hundred rail vehicles of various gauges and a wide range of types can be viewed.

For the overarching travel overview: Chomutov District.