Discover Pernarec: Church, Hillfort and Cycling Route

Pernarec combines sacred architectural history, village architecture and a specifically described cycling route. St. Nicholas Church, the village square and the hillfort site near Horských Domky offer different perspectives on the area. If you would like to combine culture and activity, you will find several starting points here for planning your trip. The topics can be explored separately: in the village, architectural history takes center stage, while the cycling route leads to Horských Domky and Šipín.

St. Nicholas Church and Historical Traces

St. Nicholas Church in Pernarec was already a parish church in the 14th century, in 1360. At the same time, it is a single-nave Late Gothic building. The grounds of St. Nicholas Parish Church bear registration number 44714 /4-1489. For your cultural research, the church therefore provides a clearly defined focus: it combines a documented date with a clearly recognizable architectural form.

The approximately rectangular village square in Pernarec is lined with large farmsteads with their gables facing the square. Historic Farmstead No. 17 includes a valuable three-part residential building. The “Boží muka” in Pernarec are a Baroque column from 1664 on a prismatic pedestal with a broad cornice. The parish church does not stand alone in the village landscape. The village square, Farmstead No. 17 and the “Boží muka” complement the sacred building with a public square, residential architecture and a Baroque column.

Horských Domky and the Šipín Cycling Route

Near Horských Domky lies an oval hillfort site approximately 400 meters long and 350 meters wide. The Slavic hillfort site near Horských Domky dates from the 8th century AD. Its approximate dimensions and chronological classification give this historic landscape feature a concrete scale.

The Šipín cycling route passes through Pernarec. It runs from Pernarec via Horských Domky along the Úterský Stream to Šipín. Its route therefore connects the village area, Horských Domky, the stream and the destination of Šipín in one continuous ride. Anyone wishing to combine cycling with cultural and historical impressions can plan the route as a separate outing alongside a visit to the church, village square and hillfort site. In this way, village architecture, a historic landscape feature and physical activity come together in one part of the journey.

Other Destinations in the Wider Region

The wider regional surroundings of Pernarec include Novy Dvur Monastery and the mountains of Sténský vrch, Viči hora, Berdovna and Třebouň. The church “Plzen Barholomaeus Cathedral” is also located in the wider regional surroundings of Pernarec. These destinations expand the research to include additional landscape and cultural topics, without implying that they are in the immediate vicinity of Pernarec.

Other Destinations for Orientation

For further travel planning, you can also compare Kaceřov, Chotíkov, Druztová, Líté, Horní Bříza, Horní Bělá, Studená and Mladotice. This keeps Pernarec an independent starting point for your research into history, landscape and cycling in Czechia.

For the overarching travel overview: Plzeň-Sever District.