Ratkovské Bystré: Church, Trails and Village Culture

Culture

The Evangelical church in Ratkovské Bystré is a Baroque-Classical hall church with a semicircular altar apse. The present church was built in 1787 on the site of an earlier church and renovated in 1855 and 1889. Its interior features three Prussian vaults with stucco ornamentation. In the Central Register of the Slovak Monuments Fund, the Evangelical church is registered under number 994/1.

Trails

A designated connection for cyclists is cycling route 5575 “Cez Železník”. It runs from Tisovec via Sedlo Dielik, Nemcová and Škaredá to Ratkovské Bystré. The “Cyklocesta Márie Séči” cycling route also passes through the village; it was not built as an independent route.

The stated sequence of cycling route 5575 lists the individual places and intermediate stops in their established order. Tisovec is at the starting point, while Ratkovské Bystré is at the end of the described connection; Sedlo Dielik, Nemcová and Škaredá lie in between. The “Cyklocesta Márie Séči”, which passes through the village, was not built as an independent route.

The hiking trails crossing the area of Ratkovské Bystré include the “Náučný chodník k Muránskemu hradu” educational trail.

Community

The Ratkovské Bystré Community Day, “Deň obce”, takes place regularly every year. It includes a cultural programme, a sports programme and a Children’s Day.

The local ECAV congregation offers Sunday services in Ratkovské Bystré at 9:30 a.m.

The “Deň obce” and the Sunday services are named as two different events in local community life. The Community Day combines a cultural programme, a sports programme and a Children’s Day, while the regular Sunday time of 9:30 a.m. is given for the services of the ECAV congregation.

Nature

The name “Gaštany v Ratkovskom Bystrom” refers collectively to two sweet chestnut trees. Their trunk circumferences are 515 and 345 cm, and their crown diameters are 15 and 19 m. The two trees are therefore distinguished from each other by both trunk circumference and crown diameter.

On Site

There is no accommodation or catering service available for tourists in Ratkovské Bystré.

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Other Places

For further destination selection, pages for Leváre, Lubeník, Žiar, Levkuška, Magnezitovce, Muránska Lehota, Muráň and Polina are also available.

For the higher-level travel overview: Revúca District.