Bílovice: Farmhouse, Chapel and Hrad u Bílovic

Anyone planning a trip with an interest in local and cultural history will find several distinct points of interest in Bílovice: a traditional brick farmhouse with a Žudr, the Chapel of St. Florian and the archaeological site of Hrad u Bílovic. These sites span topics ranging from 18th-century rural architecture and a chapel consecrated in 1782 to a hilltop settlement from the Late Stone Age. The settlement history of the wider area on both sides of the Romže also adds to the picture. Together, these features help place Bílovice in context through its specific buildings, archaeological periods and landscape.

Rural heritage and the chapel

Bílovice is home to a traditional brick farmhouse with a Žudr and farm buildings, built in the 18th century. The Hanácký žudr features a vaulted entrance area and an upper-floor granary. The building thus combines a distinctive entrance feature with an agricultural space above it; the granary also explains the function of the upper floor. Together with the farm buildings, the farmhouse can be distinguished as a form of rural architecture from individual historic buildings such as the chapel. For a culturally focused trip, this offers a different perspective from the much older archaeological site of Hrad u Bílovic. A description last updated in 2013 states that the Hanácký žudr is not open to the public. Check whether access is possible before visiting.

The Chapel of St. Florian was consecrated in 1782. This date places it more precisely within the 18th century than the general dating of the farmhouse. The comparison brings together two different types of building from the same period: a rural farmstead with farm buildings and a chapel. The chapel thus adds a sacred building to the picture of the town’s history, alongside its rural heritage and archaeological prehistory.

Hrad u Bílovic and its periods

The Hrad u Bílovic site is a fortified hilltop settlement from the Late Stone Age, dated to around 3500 BC. Its ground plan is oval, and it covers approximately 1.5 hectares. It lies on a wooded spur above Bělecký mlýn. Unlike the farmhouse and chapel, Hrad refers to an archaeological settlement site whose spatial extent and setting in the landscape are part of its historical significance. Distinct from this is the relatively intensive Slavic settlement of the 9th to 10th centuries, documented by archaeological research on both sides of the Romže in the Bílovice-Lutotín area. This later settlement concerns the wider area, while the date of around 3500 BC applies to Hrad u Bílovic. This highlights a prehistoric site and a later, broader settlement phase as distinct historical points of reference.

The Romže and planning your visit

The Romže stream separates Bílovice from Kostelec. Access to Hrad u Bílovic also has a date: the project “Trails to Bílovský Castle,” completed in 2020, made the site accessible to visitors and included trail markers, rest areas and information boards. The project concerned the Hrad site. If you would like to visit today, check the current access situation in advance.

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Go to the regional travel overview: Okres Prostějov.