Discover Jestřabí Lhota

Jestřabí Lhota is a destination for anyone who wants to get to know a Czech locality not only through major attractions, but also through its specific traces of history, landscape, and local tradition. The key features are the monuments in the village, the Bačovka stream, the longstanding tradition of Staročeské Máje, and bus services integrated into the Pražská integrovaná doprava network. This combination gives you various starting points for planning your trip. As a result, your journey has a clear connection to the locality: you can consider memorial sites, landscape, and customs separately and then combine them into a personal travel focus.

Monuments with a history of their own

The monument to those who fell in the First World War in Jestřabí Lhota was erected in 1920 by the stonemason Josef Čermák from Městec Králové. The stone cross is one of three monuments on the village square in the center of Jestřabí Lhota. It was erected in 1880 with money collected by local Catholics. The period from 1880 to 1920 thus covers several phases in the creation of the monuments.

Another distinctive reminder of the village’s history is the stone bell tower. It was built in 1894 and received a new bell in 1946. The bell tower was one of the three village monuments in Jestřabí Lhota restored in 2004 with support from TPCA funding. Anyone interested in how a locality has developed will find several specific dates and different forms of commemoration here.

Bačovka and the surrounding landscape

The landscape is also part of Jestřabí Lhota’s character. The Bačovka stream flows through the cadastral area of Jestřabí Lhota. This means the locality can be viewed through more than just its monuments: when planning your visit, you can consider the stream as a distinct landscape feature alongside the village’s history. The stream complements the stone memorials with a dynamic natural element and broadens the view from the village square to the wider area of the locality.

Experience local traditions

Staročeské Máje are a longstanding local tradition in Jestřabí Lhota. Local memory also includes the Česká beseda dance, which, according to eyewitness accounts, began in the late 1950s. These two references lead to a different side of the locality than the stone monuments: here, history is expressed not only in buildings, but also in handed-down customs and communal forms. The traditional account of the dance beginning in the late 1950s adds a specific time reference to the longstanding tradition.

Accommodation and getting around

Jestřabí Lhota has bus services integrated into the Pražská integrovaná doprava network. This is useful information if, when choosing accommodation, you want to consider not only the accommodation itself but also the locality’s transport connections. Depending on the focus of your trip, village history, landscape, tradition, and public transport may be more or less important. This allows you to tailor your search for a suitable stay to the topics that interest you most in Jestřabí Lhota.

More places for your Czechia research

If you would like to explore more places for your research on Czechia, you can also find Mrzky, Přehvozdí, Tatce, Červené Pečky, Žehuň, Týnec Nad Labem, Toušice and Přišimasy.

For the higher-level travel overview: Okres Kolín.