České Petrovice guide book

České Petrovice

guide book

Created by Lukáš Rous, Barbora Rousová and Filip Kočí

This is cowshed

Church of St. Peter and Paul

This is municipal office

This is ski resort České Petrovice

Scholz's mill

Chapel of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Adam

České Petrovice is small village in Eastern Bohemia. It belongs to the district of Ústí nad Orlicí in the Pardubice region. It has 162 inhabitans. The first information about the village comes from the 16th century. The first settlers were lumberjacks. Through České Petrovice, tourist routes lead, for example, to the Zemská brána or to the Pastvinská dam. In České Petrovice there is the Adam hill which is 765 meters high. On the hill is the Chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. There is also a military garrison.
In the vicinity are concrete bunkers that were built before World War II were to serve to defend the border