Discover Bela Nad Svitavou

For your trip planning, you can consider several themes in Bělá nad Svitavou: the Baroque Church of All Saints, historic memorial sites and cycling route 4201, which passes through the town. The Čertova díra cave offers a distinct geological theme. This lets you weigh up whether church art, local history, geology or cycling will be the deciding factor for your trip.

Church, Art and Pilgrimage

The Church of All Saints in Bělá nad Svitavou is a Baroque building constructed between 1751 and 1770. A painting by artist Josef Scheivl is on the main altar. Another work is a fresco from 1928 depicting Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia distributing bread to poor people. As a wall painting, the fresco differs in form from the painting on the main altar; its date of creation also adds a distinctly later note than the church’s construction period.

Near the entrance to the sacristy stands a statue of Saint John of Nepomuk dating from 1768. In front of the church is a stone cross from 1811. The dates are just over four decades apart, offering a specific point of comparison for the historic markers at the church.

The traditional pilgrimage takes place every year on the third Sunday after Easter to mark the consecration of the Church of All Saints. Because the date is tied to Easter, it does not fall on a fixed calendar date. If the pilgrimage is important to your trip, check the date for the relevant year. The pilgrimage on April 26, 2026, included rides and other fairground attractions for children and adults.

Memorial Sites and Local History

A monument to the victims of the First World War stands in a lime-tree park near the Church of All Saints. In a mass grave in the local cemetery lie 42 Jewish people who died during their transport from Poland to the Schindler factory in Brněnec. The grave of paratrooper Ivan Banděrev is also in the cemetery. His remains were transferred to the local cemetery on October 28, 1947.

These memorials concern different subjects: the monument commemorates the victims of the First World War, the mass grave commemorates a group of people, and the grave commemorates a named paratrooper. If you are interested in local history, you will find specific historical connections here alongside the church’s religious artworks.

Cave and Cycling Route

Čertova díra is a 115-meter-long and 12-meter-deep pseudokarst fissure cave in Cretaceous marlstones of the Jizera Formation. It is one of the longest caves of this kind in Czechia formed in Cretaceous rock. One of its three entrances lies in a rock face shaped by quarrying, about 40 meters above the valley floor of the Bělský stream valley. If you include the cave in your plans, check the terrain conditions on site.

For a cycling trip, route 4201 is another specific point of interest. It passes through Hradec nad Svitavou, Banín, Bělá nad Svitavou and Bohuňov. This sequence names the town as part of the route and provides a distinct starting point for your planning, alongside church art, memorials and geology.

Discover more destinations: Nová Sídla, Tržek, Cerekvice Nad Loučnou, Kamenná Horka, Borova U Policky, Pusta Kamenice, Újezdec, Telecí.

For the broader travel overview: Okres Svitavy.