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Telč
A picture-perfect UNESCO town centered around a main square lined with beautifully uniform Renaissance and baroque burgher houses.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Humpolec
Vysocina, Czechia · Europe
About Humpolec
Humpolec sits on the route: 15 minutes from Herálec, 57km from Konopiste Castle.
Humpolec is in Vysocina, Czechia, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Herálec, about 7 km away.
Humpolec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦumpolɛts]; German: Humpoletz) is a town in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The town is located in the Křemešník Highlands and its development in the Middle Ages was connected with silver mining. Humpolec isRead more
traditionally an industrial town, known today primarily for the Family Brewery Bernard and the engineering industry.
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What is there to see near Humpolec?
Within an hour or so of Humpolec: Telč (40 km), Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora (42 km), Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary (46 km), Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church) (47 km).
Are there any good drives near Humpolec?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Humpolec?
Humpolec is in Vysocina, Czechia, about 7 km from Herálec.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,914
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Vysocina
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 49.5415, 15.3593
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Humpolec
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora
Jan Santini's 1722 masterpiece of 'Baroque Gothic' above Žďár nad Sázavou: a five-pointed star-plan church inside a star-shaped cloister, built entirely around the symbolism of the number five. UNESCO-listed and eerily geometric.
42 km · about 50 min drive
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Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary
UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)
A hauntingly decorated chapel adorned with the bones of approximately 40,000 people arranged into elaborate artistic displays.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
Sedlec Ossuary
Chapel at Kutna Hora decorated with the arranged bones of tens of thousands of people, including a chandelier of human remains.
47 km · about 55 min drive
castle
Konopiste Castle
The lavish country residence of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose 1914 assassination sparked WWI; the chateau preserves his vast hunting trophies and armoury amid an English-style park south of Prague.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Driving in Czech Republic
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.48/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €11 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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