Hotels in Rimavská Seč – Gothic Church and Bird Protection Area

Rimavská Seč lies at the confluence of the Rimava and Blh rivers. The history of the town includes market rights granted in 1450: on 18 June of that year, Rimavská Seč received the right to hold annual markets twice a year – on 29 September, Michaelmas Day, and on Corpus Christi. Thus, the waterscape and a specifically documented historical connection are present from the very outset of considering the town.

Culture and History

The church in Rimavská Seč is a stop on the Gothic Route. This was developed as a tourism product and connects the region’s Gothic churches along a shared route. The Church of the Conversion of Saint Paul in Rimavská Seč is a Neoclassical church built in 1803 and renovated in 1896. Its main altar features a large painting of the Conversion of Saint Paul from the early 19th century.

The church stands in the central part of Rimavská Seč. At the same time, it is an original Gothic building dating from 1457, with its Gothic spatial layout preserved, a straight-ended presbytery, and a vaulted ribbed cross vault. The tower was added off-center on the north side in the 16th century. A defensive wall surrounds the church.

The Jewish cemetery in Rimavská Seč lies behind the Christian cemetery on Cintorinska Street. The Jewish section of the cemetery is no longer in use, but it is nevertheless well maintained. There are 58 gravestones in the Jewish cemetery.

Nature

The Cerová vrchovina-Porimavie Bird Protection Area extends south of Rimavská Seč. Rimavská Seč is listed among the cadastral areas of this bird protection area. Among others, Alcedo atthis, Bubo bubo and Merops apiaster are listed as protected bird species in the Cerová vrchovina-Porimavie Bird Protection Area.

Important bird habitats in the bird protection area include stands of willows and alders along the banks. The landscape of Cerová vrchovina-Porimavie also includes the medium-sized Rimava and Slaná rivers.

Educational Trail

Near Rimavská Seč, the 4.6 km-long Pieskovcové chrbty educational trail begins on the outskirts of Chrámec in the Okres Rimavská Sobota district. In the vicinity of Rimavská Seč, this educational trail passes through the Pieskovcové chrbty Site of European Importance, where the second and fourth levels of nature protection apply.

Near Rimavská Seč, the Pieskovcové chrbty educational trail has five trilingual information panels. Their topics are the protected area, insects, relief, plants, and birds. Departure information is available for the Rimavská Seč - jednota bus stop.

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To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Rimavská Sobota.