Plavnica: Churches, Wooden Houses and EuroVelo 11 – Find Hotels

Plavnica takes you through a diverse succession of historic buildings: from the early Gothic Kostol Obetovania Pána Church and Classicist chapels to preserved wooden houses and the Drevená zvonica. This townscape is complemented by mountains in the surrounding area, castles and ecclesiastical buildings in the wider regional area, as well as the EuroVelo 11 cycling route.

Culture

The Kostol Obetovania Pána Church was built around 1325 in the early Gothic style. The enclosing walls and a Gothic window on the east side of the presbytery are preserved from its early Gothic structure. The church also contains a late Baroque sculpture and a polychrome wood carving of Christ on the Cross; both date from the second half of the 18th century.

The Evanjelický a.v. kostol was built in 1806 in the Classicist style and has a floor plan in the shape of a Greek cross. It is considered a valuable example of the tolerance churches in the Šariš region. The Drevená zvonica dates from around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and was declared a national cultural monument in 2016.

Several chapels complement the ecclesiastical buildings. The Korunovania Panny Márie Chapel dates from 1857 and is located on the road towards Stará Ľubovňa. The sv. Jána Nepomúckeho Chapel was built at the end of the 18th century. It is a Baroque-Classicist building surrounded by a small park and contains a colourful folk sculpture of Saint John of Nepomuk from the 19th century. The Povýšenia sv. Kríža Chapel was built in 1826 in the Classicist style and is located in the cemetery. Cyrila a Metoda was built at the beginning of the 20th century.

The historic townscape also includes several preserved, picturesque wooden houses dating from around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Jewish cemetery lies on a hill west of Plavnica and north of the road to Stará Ľubovňa; it was restored a few years ago.

Landscape

The mountains Bakuľa, Zimná hora, Sosnový vrch and Grapa are located in the immediate vicinity of Plavnica. Muszyna Castle - Ruiny Zamku is also located in the vicinity of Plavnica.

History in the Wider Area

The wider regional area around Plavnica includes Rytro Castle, Červený Kláštor Monastery and the Wooden Articular Church in Kežmarok. Thus, the succession of historic destinations extends from the immediate townscape into the wider regional area, without the individual buildings losing their respective locational relationships.

On the Way

The EuroVelo 11 cycling route passes through Plavnica. As a tourism product, EuroVelo 11 runs for 157 km through the Prešov region and includes Plavnica on its route.

Other Places

If you would like to explore the area around Plavnica further, you can find more places here: Nová Ľubovňa, Vysne Ruzbachy, Šambron, Altlublau, Lesnica, Mníšek Nad Popradom, Maly Lipnik, Kamienka.

To the main travel overview: Stará Ľubovňa.