Jiříkov: Hotels and Accommodation

Five bilingual educational trails run through Jiříkov, connecting the town’s history with its present.

Culture

The interior of St. George’s Church in Jiříkov is decorated in the Baroque style. The church complex includes a Baroque mortuary chapel built around 1729. It is located at the southeastern edge of the church grounds, adjacent to the cemetery, and forms part of the enclosing wall.

Jiříkov is home to a Baroque sculptural group depicting Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint John of Nepomuk and Saint Florian, dating from 1769. The Baroque rectory was built in 1777 and has been a protected monument since 4 April 1966. Four houses built in the 18th century in the folk architectural style are among Jiříkov’s state-protected immovable monuments.

The house was built in 1771; a statue of Christ was placed in its garden in 1860. An ensemble consisting of a rural house and a shed dates from around the mid-19th century and is situated on the Jiříkovský stream.

The wider regional surroundings of Jiříkov include New Waterworks Redoubt, a fort; Empire Tower, a fort; Röhrscheidt Bastion, a fort; and Mill Gate, a fort.

History

The basilica in Filipov was built between 1873 and 1885 as a monumental single-nave Neo-Romanesque church with two towers on the façade. The pilgrimage tradition in Filipov began after an apparition of the Virgin Mary on 13 January 1866 and the subsequent healing of Magdaléna; people then began making pilgrimages to the chapel of grace. The annual pilgrimage Mass held in the early morning in January attracts hundreds of believers from the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia to Filipov, a district of Jiříkov.

Nature

Jiříkov is one of the municipalities on the borders of the Labské pískovce Protected Landscape Area and Bohemian Switzerland National Park, which are suitable for hiking.

Jitrovník is a mountain in the immediate vicinity of Jiříkov. Špičák is a mountain in the vicinity of Jiříkov. Pěnkavči vrch is a mountain in the wider regional surroundings of Jiříkov, as is Bouřný.

Cycling

The 54-kilometre Tour de Zeleňák cycling circuit passes through Jiříkov and can also be ridden outside the annual race on a road bike, gravel bike or e-bike.

Other Places

Studeny, Velký Šenov, Lobendava, Těchlovice, Valkeřice, Horni Habartice, Krásná Lípa, Blankartice

To the higher-level travel overview: Děčín District.