Jindřichohradecko

Jindřichův Hradec

A beautiful gem set in the jewel of the South Bohemian Region, extravagantly multiplying its beauty in the mirror of the Vajgar lake surface. This is the town of Jindřichův Hradec, the eastern gateway to the South Bohemian region, a town founded at the confluence of the Nežárka River and Hamerský Creek, a town with a rich and deep history, picturesque and yet modern, a pleasant place to live and exciting to explore.

Tourist attractions:

• train station - a station with two gauges, a technical monument
• Jindřichův Hradec Castle and Chateau
• Museum of the Jindřichův Hradec Region
• Museum of Photography and Modern Visual Media
• Urban conservation area
• Numerous sacral monuments and architecture
• House of Tapestries, Cultural Traditions and Crafts
• 15th meridian, Urban lookout tower
• Exhibition house Old Town Hall
• Aqua show St. Florian
• Rýdlův Hill Lookout near Děbolín
• Indoor swimming pool; summer swimming pool

Lišný Dvůr

Lišný Dvůr belonged to the estate of Jindřichův Hradec, it included a distillery, and in 1846 the estate owner Count Eugen Černín established a weaving school here. Nearby is the former popular excursion restaurant Rudolfov, where writer Karel Čapek stayed in his summer apartment.

Lásenice

A village spread on both banks of the Nežárka River. The picturesque nature of the village and its surroundings inspired many painters, including Antonín Chittussi, Otakar Nejedlý, and V. V. Novák. The famous Chittussi painting "Lásenice Pond" is housed in the National Gallery in Prague. Each year, summer art courses for interested parties take place in Lásenice. Students see their final year as preparation for studying at art schools. The most famous native of Lásenice is Karel Hájek, founder of Czech photojournalism.  

Tourist attractions:

• Water mill no. 4
• Family wheelwright house no. 3
• Rural homesteads nos. 36 and 39
• Bust of President T. G. Masaryk
• Lásenice fortress from the mid-14th century
• Chapel dedicated to St. John of Nepomuk, from which the famous Lásenice Pietà dating from 1360 - 1374 was transferred to the National Gallery. In 1420 - 1421, it was the camp of the Hussite wagon folk and the Taborites held services here

Vojířov

This place marks the beginning of the passage through the Homolka - Vojířov natural park. This protected area consists of ponds, peat bogs, and a granite ridge that has preserved a high proportion of mixed forests and flowery beech woods with a rich natural variety of plant and animal species.

Staňkov

Previously a border area, today a recreational area thanks to the Staňkov pond.

Tourist attractions:

• Staňkov pond - pleasant swimming, one of the oldest and largest Czech ponds
• Rural homestead with a fisherman's bastion
• Wayside cross

Litschau

A small town whose origins date back to the 13th century, related to the castle of Litschau. It is the northernmost town in all of Austria, and its name is said to originate from the Slavic name "Líčov".

Nová Bystřice

An ideal starting point for hiking and cycling trips with excursions into the picturesque and little disturbed nature of Česká Kanada (Czech Canada).

Tourist attractions:

• Veteran museum - the largest collection of American pre-war veterans in Bohemia
• Regional narrow-gauge railway museum J. Hradec - N. Bystřice
• Castle with adjacent city park, not accessible to the public
• Fountain with statue of St. Luke, plague column
• Town walls with former moat

Nový Vojířov

A village whose dominant feature is the Church of St. Giles, it is as picturesque as its surroundings.

Nová Ves

A village founded in the shape of a horseshoe, declared a village conservation area in 1990.

Malíkov nad Nežárkou

Tourist attractions:

• Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto

Dolní a Horní Žďár

Tourist attractions:

• Chapel of St. Teresa of Avila from 1858 with a painting of St. Teresa by A. Mansfeld from 1861 and a small Stations of the Cross from the late 18th century
• Wayside cross from the 17th century