A single-nave church, several memorial sites and a striking beech tree give Třebětice a diverse cultural and natural character. When planning your stay, you can explore distinct themes: sacred architecture and religious imagery, memorial sites with different designs, and specific connections to trees and bodies of water.

Church and chapel: two architectural forms

The Kostel svatého Vendelína in Třebětice dates from 1794 and marks a transition to Neoclassicism. This freestanding, single-nave building comprises a presbytery, nave, sacristy and tower. The nave is the central space; the presbytery is the chancel area. This layout gives the building a different structure from a chapel with niches on its exterior surfaces.

The Kostel svatého Vendelína has been listed as a cultural monument since 3 May 1958. Its register number is 21820/7-6176. The date of 1794 and its classification as a transition to Neoclassicism provide two distinct points of reference for understanding the church’s period and architecture.

The Výklenková kaplička v poli stands in the fields beside a farm track leading towards Hulín. It is an 18th-century, three-sided plastered structure with a niche on each side. This gives it a different architectural emphasis from the church: here, the three-sided shape and three niches define the description, while the church is distinguished by its division into nave and presbytery. The chapel was fully restored in 2021.

Memorial sites and their history

The memorial to those who fell in the First World War stands in the built-up area of the village green, next to the church. It was erected in 1920. Its two-metre-high obelisk is made of Bohemian syenite and bears a bronze depiction of Christ’s head with a crown of thorns. Its location and design give the monument a clear connection to the village green and distinguish it from another memorial site outside Třebětice.

The Památník zastřelených memorial site is at the junction of the Holešov–Třebětice–Količín roads, near a bus stop. It consists of a granite slab on an elongated plinth, with an obelisk standing beside it. The memorial site was fully restored after 2015. The two monuments can be distinguished by their locations and contrasting designs.

Another landmark in the village’s history is the Socha svatého Josefa, a stone statue on the village green. It was moved there from a farm track behind the village and restored in 1999. Its history of relocation therefore differs from that of the memorial to those who fell, which also stands on the green: for the statue, the move from the farm track to its present location is explicitly part of its recorded history.

Beech tree and waterways

The protected beech tree Buk u mlýna grows on plot 346 in the cadastral area of Třebětice, near the former Čmelov Mill, No. 32. It is 20 metres tall, its crown is 22 metres wide, and its trunk circumference is 381 centimetres. Its age is estimated at 150 years. The measurements are easy to compare: the crown is two metres wider than the tree is tall.

The Žabínek flows through the administrative area of Třebětice and joins the Rusava near Hulín. Another connection to the water leads to the Námezník: it stands in a wooded area at the confluence of the Mlýnský náhon and the Rusava. From Třebětice, access is along the mill race. Paths may be affected by seasonal conditions; if you plan to take this route, check conditions before your visit.

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