Lampertice: Church Architecture and Mining

Lampertice brings together church architecture, traces of hard-coal mining and a green-marked hiking route. These offer different focuses for planning your trip: you can explore the architecture and stone memorials, make mining the main focus, or choose the hike as a reason for your visit in its own right. If you are looking for a hotel for a stay in Lampertice, it is best to arrange these themes according to your personal plans. That way, your search starts with what interests you about your trip.

Church, Crosses and Details

The Church of the Ascension (Nanebevstoupení Páně) is a large, single-nave building on a rectangular floor plan, with a lower apse. “Single-nave” describes a church interior with one main nave. Together with the rectangular ground plan, this gives the building a clearly legible layout, with the lower end set apart as a distinct part of the structure. The church dates from 1840 and was remodeled from 1906 to 1911. To distinguish the dates, 1840 is the year given for its construction, while 1906 to 1911 refers to the later remodeling.

A historic interior detail can be found at the back of the chancel in the Chapel of the Ascension (Nanebevstoupení Páně): a blind window with an iron rosette made of blue, green, yellow and violet stained glass. The rosette depicts a six-pointed star. Conditions and access may change; if you particularly want to see this detail, check access before visiting.

Two sandstone crosses also provide different points of interest for exploration. At the edge of Lampertice, near the turnoff to Žacléř, stands a trefoil cross. Another cross is located near the church, beside a road. Its front bears a negative-relief carving of a medieval sword. The trefoil shape and the sword motif are the distinctive differences between the two monuments.

Mining in Lampertice

In the cadastral area of Lampertice, the Žacléř Mining Museum, located in the facilities of the former Jan Šverma mine, presents the technology of underground hard-coal mining. The operating buildings of the Jan and Julie shafts in Lampertice are also listed cultural monuments. The mining museum also offers the opportunity to visit part of the Julie shaft, a ventilation passage and the equipment in the fan room. Visiting arrangements may vary, so check in advance how these areas can currently be visited.

Another specific point of interest is the 52-meter-high headframe of the Jan shaft. In suitable weather conditions, it offers views of the panoramas of the Krkonoše Mountains and Vraní hory. The view therefore depends on visibility.

Hiking Trail and Landscape

The green-marked Bernartice–Lampertice–Žacléř hiking trail passes through Lampertice. It offers a hiking focus in its own right, while the church, crosses and mining turn attention to the town’s architectural and local history. Lampertice lies beneath wooded hills near the Polish border. When planning your trip, you can decide how much emphasis to place on a hike and on the town’s cultural and historical attractions during your stay.

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See the regional travel overview: Trutnov District.