Discover Ježkovice

Ježkovice offers several specific points of interest to help you plan your trip: the approximately 6 km-long Černov nature trail, sacred monuments and memorial sites in the village, and the nearby Celtic hillfort of Černov. These attractions also differ in location. The nature trail starts at the municipal office, while the hillfort is 2 km from the village. This makes it possible to distinguish between sights within the municipality and the archaeological context in the surrounding area.

The Černov nature trail and the landscape

The Černov nature trail starts directly opposite the municipal office. It is approximately 6 km long and runs through fairly hilly, forested terrain. Information boards explain historical and natural attractions. The route therefore brings together landscape and learning: the surroundings shape the character of the trail, while the boards provide additional information on its themes.

The history of Ježkovice dates back to 1375. A hexagonal shelter with a gabion base has stood west of Ježkovice since 2015. A 2016 report describes the view from there over the entire village and the municipal retention basins, which had recently been reconstructed at the time. The shelter offers a different focus from the nature trail: here, the view of the village takes centre stage.

Sacred monuments and memorial sites

There are seven smaller sacred monuments in the cadastral area of Ježkovice, listed in the Central Register of Cultural Monuments. This figure refers to the cadastral area, not just the village centre. The bell tower in the centre stands opposite the municipal office; it has a bell and a niche containing an image of Saint Florian. The Chapel of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was built in 1939.

The wartime memorials also have distinct features. The Ježkovice memorial to those killed and missing in the First World War depicts a weeping woman and child looking at a military helmet wrapped in laurel leaves. The memorial lists 36 names in total. At the edge of the village, on the road towards Ruprechtov, a stone block in the forest commemorates the surrender of the German army in the Second World War. While the First World War memorial depicts a figurative scene and lists names, the surrender memorial takes the form of a stone block.

The Celtic hillfort of Černov

The Celtic hillfort of Černov is nearby, 2 km from the village, rather than in the built-up centre. It is one of the earliest pieces of evidence of Celtic settlement in the Czech Republic and the only verified site in Moravia from the early period of Celtic settlement. This makes it a distinct archaeological point of interest alongside the sights of Ježkovice.

The oval site covers 9.3 ha and lies on a wooded promontory. Its fourfold fortifications are still visible in the terrain. Its shape, extent and visible fortifications give the site a different scale from the individual architectural monuments in the village: the focus here is a larger fortified site whose position and basic form can be understood from the landscape.

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