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The Leisurely Countryside The Leisurely Countryside If you set out for the South Bohemian countryside, its clean air will breathe into you the atmosphere of an unspoiled way of life. Allow yourself to be suffused with the local tranquillity and ease, and throw your daily cares to the wind, for a few days at least. Visit the picturesque Rustic Baroque-style villages set in pristine wilderness, nestled among deep forests, expansive meadows, and South Bohemian ponds. This country atmosphere is the origin of the fundamental ingredients that create our daily fare. Discover the methods of processing grain, be at the genesis of cheese, or try your hand at spinning wool on a spinning wheel. Your little ones especially will delight in direct contact with farm animals. Travel back in time with the multitude of museums that capture traditional ways of life with demonstrations of period crafts. Where else would you look for a peaceful spot to relax than in solitude by the forest? Take advantage of the offers of enchanting accommodation in small boarding houses, cottages, lodges, or right on a farm. Roosters will be your alarm clock, you’ll be served delicious milk or fresh eggs, and you can bring back a basket full of mushrooms from the woods. Folk events have been linked to the country since time immemorial, and many of them have survived to this day in South Bohemia. Experience an unforgettable spectacle with Shrovetide processions, the raising of a maypole, or the celebration of the end of the harvest. Currently enjoying a tremendous upsurge, farmers markets offer you the opportunity to purchase quality regional foods directly from the producer. The Leisurely The Leisurely Countryside Countryside 1 Holašovice: A UNESCO Monument The village of Holašovice is situated near České Budějovice, in the midst of virgin wilderness. It was registered in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 1998 for its unique complex of buildings primarily from the mid-19th century in the Rustic Baroque style. These buildings represent an almost entirely preserved medieval complex of residential houses and granaries, interconnected by border walls with gates and arched entries into the village square. This layout, together with its surviving stucco decorations (the so- called Folk or Rustic Baroque) on most of the front façades, lends the entire village an unparalleled atmosphere and expression. The village is home to farmsteads with granaries, barns, stables, and so-called “výměnky” (small residences where former farm owners would retire when new owners took over), as well as a forge, inn, and chapel. Other unique elements include wells with wooden piston pumps in front of the homesteads. Contact: Infocentrum Holašovice Holašovice 43 373 84 Jankov www.holasovice.eu Rural Architecture Architecture in the Rustic Baroque style is an integral part of the South Bohemian countryside. Picturesque farmhouses with ornamented façades can be found here in almost every village. One of the most famous is Holašovice, registered in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List; however, other places that deserve a visit include Soběslavská Blata (South Bohemian Wetlands), Zbudovská Blata, as well as the Volyňka region, where master mason Jakub Bursa once worked. 4 5 The Leisurely The Leisurely Countryside Countryside 2 Soběslavská Blata (South Bohemian Wetlands) 3 Zbudovská Blata This complex of fairy-tale villages in the Rustic Baroque style A historical area between Hluboká nad Vltavou and Netolice with is considered to be the centre of all of the South Bohemian a comprehensive complex of folk Rustic Baroque architecture Wetlands. They were also once called the wheat or rich Blata of singular importance and quality. The most significant villages (Wetlands). In the town of Záluží, visitors can see a Wetlands in the local area are the villages of the historical reserves of sitting room and visit a puppet workshop. Village names such as Plástovice and Malé Chrášťany, as well as the Zbudov rural Klečaty, Komárov, and Zálší reference a history of peat harvesting. historical zone. Local legend has it that farmer Jakub Kubata gave The area also features the Borovická blata Wetlands educational his head for Blata. This historical event is remembered today trail, which will teach you about local peat harvesting. by a memorial and the so-called “Kubatovy kameny” (“Kubata’s Rocks”) near Zbudov, where Kubata was allegedly beheaded. At the information centre in Plástovice, visitors can view the Our tip: information panels “O selském baroku na Blatech” (“About the At Smrčkův dům House in nearby Soběslav, you can view the largest Rustic Baroque in the Blata Wetlands”), and learn more about South Bohemian ethnographic exposition, called “Život na Blatech this region as well as the architecture of the Rustic Baroque. a Kozácku” (“Life in the Wetlands and Kozácko”), with an authentic (The outskirts of the Blata area is home to additional historical replica of a Wetlands sitting room, a collection of unique Wetlands reserves: Záborí, Dobčice, and Mahouš). folk costumes, and interactive elements for children, such as a game room with a traditional Bohemian brick oven. Contact: Plástovice Information Centre Contact: Plástovice 9 Smrčkův dům Soběslav 373 47 Sedlec nám. Republiky 107 www.sedlec.eu 392 01 Soběslav www.blatskemuzeum.cz 6 7 The Leisurely The Leisurely Countryside Countryside 4 Jakub Bursa’s Houses A highly specific type of building in the Rustic Baroque style Did you know that… is situated in the Prachatice area, and was made famous primarily thanks to the texts inscribed into the front façades. Sun, Hay, Hoštice The author of the majority of these is Jakub Bursa, who is also the only confirmed Rustic Baroque master mason. His works can The notoriously famous trilogy by Zdeněk Troška, “Slunce, seno...” be admired in places such as Dolní Nakvasovice, Bušanovice, (“Sun, Hay...”) was filmed in South Bohemian Hoštice near Volyně? Předslavice, Litochovice, Čepřovice, Jiřetice, Radhostice, Kovanín, In this town, you can visit the Birth of Our Lady Church as well and Tvrzice. as a cemetery that dates back to 1593. The cemetery is the final resting place of one of the last noble owners of the château Contact: as well as the Czech country music legend, Michal Tučný. You Tourist Information Centre Malenice - PRO Šumavsko can also peek over the fence to see the small château, whose reconstruction gave it a new red hue. Agricultural homestead Archiváře Teplého 1 no. 12 by the village green is also worth a visit, with its expansive 387 06 Malenice Rustic Baroque façade and front garden, dating back to the mid- www.sumavsko.cz 19th century. Other valuable historical points of interest include homestead no. 3 and the granary at no. 64. Mokré Luky Hay Sheds The Mokré luky hay sheds surrounding South-Bohemian Třeboň have always been and continue to be a part of the local landscape. During the times of horse-drawn wagons and bullock carts, transporting dried hay was a problem in these waterlogged meadows. This is why it was stored in these hay sheds, to be later transported when the meadows were frozen over in the winter months. The buildings are protected monuments. www.itrebon.cz 8 9 The Leisurely The Leisurely Countryside Countryside 5 The South Bohemia Agricultural Museum The South Bohemia Agricultural Museum is a one-of-a-kind place where you can see not only agriculture, but also feel it and experience it! The agricultural museum complex can be enjoyed by all members of the family. It features an interactive exposition that deals with both historical agricultural technology as well as the processing of agricultural products and life in the countryside, a mini-farm with farm animals, a children’s agricultural corner, the straw Agrohopsárium playground, refreshments, sale of farm-raised meat, craft events, creative workshops for children, and much more. The continuously expanding offer also includes educational programmes for schools as well as experience programmes for families with children. Contact: Jihočeské zemědělské muzeum o.p.s. Netěchovice 14 375 01 Týn nad Vltavou www.zemedelske-muzeum.cz Experience the South Bohemian Countryside 10 11 The Leisurely The Leisurely Countryside Countryside 6 Na Vlně: An Unconventional 7 Kozí Farma Peníkov Goat Farm Weaver’s Workshop The family-owned Peníkov eco-farm’s primary focus is raising Wool products are born and conceived in Šumava’s foothills, goats. Here, you can buy and taste excellent goat’s cheese, in a small village named Bošice. Here, sheep, goats, and llamas gervais, or milk. Their products are available for purchase from with beautiful, warm, and soft hair graze in the meadows. Just a April until November. You can also make arrangements in advance short distance further, in the NA VLNĚ sheltered workshop, wool to come and tour the farm and try your hand at milking or herding is transformed using traditional methods into unconventional goats. The farm is situated in the beautiful landscape of Bohemian products. Here, the wool is washed, carded, dyed, felted, and Canada, near Český Rudolec, on the route of the popular Grasel woven on looms. Trail. Those interested can also arrange to camp at the farm. The NA VLNĚ sheltered workshop is open to the public year round. They will guide you through the process of traditional wool Contact: processing, and also host various events and workshops. Kozí farma Peníkov Stoječín 21 – Peníkov Contact: 378 83 Český Rudolec Netradiční tkalcovna „Na vlně“ www.langova.ecn.cz Bošice 45 384 81 Čkyně www.navlne.com 12 13 The Leisurely The Leisurely Countryside Countryside 8 Rodinná Farma Výrov Family Farm 9 Kozí Farma Borotín Goat Farm Výrov farm near Husinec has been raising meat-breed sheep, dairy The ethnographic region of Kozácko unfolds across the landscape goats, and cattle since 2011. The farm is a part of the National surrounding Tábor.

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