Sedlejov: Hotels and Accommodation

Sedlejov is home to a clearly defined natural site, the Rosička Peat Pond. The body of water lies in the cadastral area of Sedlejov and is designated both as a natural monument and as a Site of Community Importance. Its water surface is almost entirely covered with white water lilies (Nymphaea candida); the Rosička Peat Pond is also a habitat for endangered amphibian species, including the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus).

Landscape

The important landscape feature Hájek u Sedlejova is located in the Sedlejov area. It lies approximately 1.4 km northwest of Sedlejov and is a registered former pasture that serves as a biotope for vertebrates and invertebrates.

Connections

Sedlejov railway station is served by line 227 on the Kostelec u Jihlavy–Slavonice route. A regional cycling tour reaches Sedlejov from Telč via Mysliboř on cycle route 5091 and continues from Sedlejov to Ořechov on cycle route 5123.

Culture and History

The atonement stone in Sedlejov is a rectangular stone with a raised relief of a trefoil cross and dates from 1648. According to oral tradition, a person fell from a grain wagon and died there while collecting the tithe.

The monument to the fallen of the First World War in Sedlejov commemorates citizens who fell between 1914 and 1918. It stands at a road junction by a pond below the railway station. The Michael Karpov Monument in Sedlejov is dedicated to a Russian partisan who sacrificed his life for the Czech people on 1 May 1945.

The Jan Lojda Monument in Sedlejov commemorates Jan Lojda, who was born in Sedlejov in 1890 and died on 29 April 1914 in a field hospital in Krakow.

For more places, see Větrný Jeníkov, Arnolec, Jamné, Kamenná and Jihlavy, Černíč, Brtnička, Vílanec and Panské Dubenky.

To the overview of the broader travel region: Jihlava District.