Dambořice offers several clear points of interest for a stay: a late Baroque church, a Jewish cemetery, the annual Martinské hody festival, as well as viticulture and routes through the village. You can plan your trip around architectural history, a festival date or a route.
Church, cemetery and local history
The present-day Roman Catholic Church of St Martin of Tours is a late Baroque building from the second half of the 18th century; its main nave was built around 1780. St Martin of Tours is also the parish’s patron saint. His feast day on 11 November provides the date for the Martinské hody.
The Jewish cemetery lies behind the Catholic cemetery and is also a state-protected cultural monument. It was probably established around the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Together with the church, it places two protected memorial sites representing different religious traditions at the heart of Dambořice.
The Dambořice Municipal Museum is located in the municipal office building and holds occasional exhibitions. If an exhibition is the reason for your visit, check the current schedule in advance. This lets you plan your museum visit around a specific exhibition.
Martinské hody: an annual festival
The Martinské hody is an annual three-day tradition in Dambořice. It is always celebrated on the first Sunday after the feast day of the parish’s patron saint, St Martin of Tours, on 11 November. If you are planning your trip around the hody, check the date for the year you wish to visit before making further plans.
The Martinské hody features four Stárci and four Stárky wearing Dambořice folk costumes, as well as a cellar master. The three-day duration gives the festival a multi-day setting; the named roles and costumes also make it a distinctive local cultural event.
Viticulture and the village square
Dambořice is a wine-growing village with dozens of wine cellars and belongs to the Kyjov wine-growing region. Fragments of so-called Habán wine cellars from the 16th century have survived. The surviving Habán wine cellars are privately owned. If you are considering a visit, check whether access is possible in advance rather than assuming you can enter.
The new village square features landscaping, pavilions and a fountain. A memorial there commemorates the former synagogue of the Jewish community. The square thus brings together design features and a remembrance of Dambořice’s Jewish history.
Routes and travel
Cycle Route No. 5095 passes through Dambořice, Uhřice, Silničná and Zdravá Voda, where it reconnects with Route No. 473. The Kyjov Wine Trail also passes through Dambořice. These are two different points of reference when choosing a route: for No. 5095, the listed villages and the connection at Zdravá Voda are relevant; the wine trail is another named route through the village.
Dambořice lies on Class II State Road No. 381. Check the current route before travelling so you can plan your journey using the connection in effect at the time.
Discover more destinations: Skoronice, Terezín U Čejče, Hrubá Vrbka, Kněždub, Milotice U Kyjova, Sudomerice Nad Moravou, Veselí Nad Moravou, Těmice.
For the wider travel overview: Hodonín District.
