Anenská Studánka

Anenská Studánka combines historical and cultural heritage with a pilgrimage site and marked hiking trails. This creates a destination for you that can be explored through its spring, sacred buildings and connection to well-known long-distance trails.

Spring, church and protected cultural monuments

The spring area in Anenská Studánka is protected as a cultural monument because it documents the history of the local spa tradition. Above the spring, at the former site of a chapel, there is now a colonnade following the reconstruction of the spring structure. This makes the development of the site visible not only through its present-day design, but also through the former use of the spring area.

The Church of St. Vavřinec is a Neo-Romanesque building dating from 1907 and stands on the site of an earlier church from 1607. Beside the church stands a stone crucifix dating from 1776, oriented northwest from the church. The sculpture group of the Virgin Mary, Saint John of Nepomuk and Saint Francis is another notable historical object. It is registered as a movable cultural monument under registration number 59388/36-1614. The group unites three figures of saints and thus represents a different form of sacred design from the church, crucifix and chapel.

Pilgrimage and trails through the village

The Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help stands in the Domov u studánky area. It was built in 1756 on the site of an older wooden sanctuary. A pilgrimage traditionally takes place at Domov u studánky. The chapel and the pilgrimage give the spring site a religious dimension, while the preserved architectural and artistic monuments provide a second way to explore the history of Anenská Studánka.

Red- and green-marked hiking trails pass through Anenská Studánka. In addition, near the Anenská studánka pilgrimage site, the Českomoravská stezka reaches the Hřebečovský hřbet and then continues along the ridge. You can therefore explore the village both via trails that pass through Anenská Studánka and through the broader context of a route that follows the ridge. This makes hiking orientation an independent factor in choosing the destination and complements the sightseeing of the cultural monuments.

Anenská Studánka as a stopover

Anenská Studánka is a stopover on the Via Czechia, with a restaurant and bus connections. These two details add practical information to the picture of the village without limiting a stay to a single type of travel. When choosing your accommodation, you can therefore first consider whether you would like to focus on the church and spring area, the pilgrimage site, or the marked hiking trails and the route of the Českomoravská stezka.

For more travel ideas, you can also visit Zbudov, Lanškroun, Nemcí, Tatenice, Radhošť, Sudslava, Sopotnice and Horní Čermná.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Ústí Nad Orlicí.