Modrá Hůrka: Church and cycle route

Modrá Hůrka in South Bohemia is a small village with a church on the village square and access to a longer cycle route. Choose a holiday home based on its actual location and the routes you want to take.

Church and local history

• The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary stands on the village square in Modrá Hůrka.
• The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Modrá Hůrka is a single-nave building with a rectangular-ended presbytery, a rectangular sacristy and a tower on the north side.
• Modrá Hůrka was originally called Minor Horka (Menší Hůrka) to distinguish it from Větší Hůrka, later known as Bílá Hůrka, in the Vodňany area; the earliest mention of the municipality dates from 1354.
• The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was first mentioned in writing in 1377.
• The rectory near the church, locally known as the “zámeček”, was reconstructed in 1701.

Cycling

• Cycle route 1060 runs through Ševětín, Radonice, Modrá Hůrka and Týn nad Vltavou and is 27 km long.
• Two bicycle stands with waste bins have been installed in Modrá Hůrka.

Choose suitable accommodation

Cycle route 1060 is 27 kilometres long in total and passes through several places; this is not a distance confined to the village. The church was first mentioned in writing in 1377. Check visiting arrangements, the route and the facilities of a specific holiday home.

For regional context: Okres České Budějovice.