Radiměř brings together sacred architectural history, a historic border landscape and diverse habitats in a hilly setting. In the town centre is the church and cemetery complex of St. Anne; other highlights include the Holy Trinity Column, a signposted cycling route and the Radiměřské Motýlí království. When planning your stay, you can therefore choose how to balance culture, landscape and cycling, rather than focusing on just one theme.
St. Anne’s Church and Sacred Architectural History
The church and cemetery complex of St. Anne occupies a prominent position in the centre of Radiměř. The listed church is a late Baroque building dating from 1771–1776. Its architectural history goes further back, however: an originally Gothic presbytery from the second half of the 14th century survives as the eastern chapel. The church thus brings together architectural history from two distinctly different periods.
Inside the church is a late Gothic wooden relief carving depicting St. Anne Selbdritt. The work dates from the early 16th century. Another dated landmark in the town is the Holy Trinity Column, from 1888. The Chapel of St. John is also one of the local sights. Together, these buildings offer different ways to explore Radiměř’s sacred heritage: a church with an older section, a dated column and another chapel.
Hilly Landscape and Historic Border
The landscape around Radiměř is hilly, with meadows, forests, cultivated land and pastures. From the highest point in the entire market town of Radiměř, the view extends across the surrounding countryside, neighbouring municipalities and the city of Svitavy. The panorama therefore encompasses both the area around the municipality and the wider region.
The Radiměřský potok is part of the cultural history of this landscape. Sections of the stream also formed the historic provincial border between Bohemia and Moravia within the area of today’s municipality. This border function applied to specific sections. The stream is therefore a tangible point of reference connecting the history of the Bohemian–Moravian border with the present-day municipality.
Habitats in the Radiměřské Motýlí království
The Radiměřské Motýlí království is near Radiměř, not far from Svitavy in eastern Bohemia. Its habitats include warm, sun-exposed slopes, field margins and scattered orchards with short-grass dry grasslands and mesic meadows. In places, there are very dry, naturally treeless white slopes as well as small wetlands. The area’s natural features thus encompass a range of habitats, from open, dry ground to wetter areas.
Species diversity is high and includes several orchid species and dozens of butterfly species. The critically endangered butterfly modrásek černoskvrnný also occurs there. Occurrence and abundance may vary seasonally; future surveys may change the picture of the species present. Those interested in butterflies and their habitats will find that the diversity of landscape types is an important part of the natural environment, alongside the butterflies themselves.
Radiměř–Svojanov Cycling Route
The Radiměř–Svojanov cycling route passes through Radiměř, Rohozná and Svojanov and is marked with road signs. It is described as demanding, while also being suitable for all types of bicycles. These details answer two different questions: suitability refers to the type of bicycle, while the demanding rating describes the route. So do not confuse its suitability for different bicycles with a claim that the route is easy.
Check route conditions and signage before setting out, as the signs may change. This lets you consider the cycling route as a distinct highlight alongside the sacred buildings and natural habitats, without presenting the three named places as a fixed order to visit.
Discover more destinations: Újezdec, Litomyšl, Bělá U Jevíčka, Benátky, Banín, Pohledy, Jarošov, Mikuleč.
For the regional travel overview: Svitavy District.
