Miřetice U Nasavrk: Chapel and Memorial Sites

Miřetice U Nasavrk offers several distinct points of interest for a culturally and historically themed trip: a late Baroque chapel, memorials with specific commemorative connections, and the nearby Ležáky Memorial Site. These places differ both in their historical significance and in their location.

The Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity

The Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity (“Nejsvětější Trojice”) is late Baroque and dates from 1761. It stands on the outskirts of Miřetice, near a road. Inside, a mural depicts a sick person sitting beneath a tree while a woman brings food on a pitchfork. The chapel thus brings together two different aspects: its period and style of construction on the one hand, and the scene depicted in the mural on the other. Visitors interested in ecclesiastical architecture will therefore find not only an architectural context here, but also a specific pictorial subject.

Memorials and their different connections

The “Stones of the Vanished – Kraus Family” memorial (“Kameny zmizelých – rodina Krausova”) is located at Miřetice 1, in a clearing in front of house No. 187. The “Čeněk Zach Memorial” (“Pomník Čeněk Zach”) has a different local setting: it is in the Majlant district, in a spruce forest about 130 m south of the last house. This distinguishes two different locations: a clearing in front of a house and a forest location whose distance from the last house is explicitly given as approximate.

The dedications of the memorials to the Second World War and to both world wars also focus on different things. The “Memorial to the Victims of the First and Second World Wars” (“Pomník Obětem 1. a 2. světové války”) in Miřetice commemorates those who fell in 1914–1918, as well as Karel Svoboda. He was executed for helping and sheltering radio operator Jiří Potůček. Here, remembrance of those who fell is combined with the memory of a specific act of assistance and its consequences.

At Na Perku, the “Memorial to the Victims of the Second World War” (“Pomník Obětem 2. světové války”) commemorates the parachute landing of the 17-member Soviet parachute group Jana Kozina, the founding of the L. Svoboda Partisan Regiment, and those who fought against fascism. Unlike a memorial devoted to a single named subject, this dedication encompasses several events and groups. Together with the other memorials, it forms not one uniform theme of remembrance, but a series of distinct historical memories.

Ležáky: Memorial Site and Museum

The present-day Ležáky Memorial Site is in the Chrudim area, near Miřetice. The multimedia exhibition “Ležáky, a Settlement That Would Not Remain Silent...” (“Ležáky, osada, která nemlčela...”) at the memorial museum presents the lives and fates of the settlement’s residents, as well as its destruction. The museum also has a screening room where a documentary about the tragedy of Ležáky can be shown.

For visitors in 2026: the Ležáky Memorial Site Museum has been completely closed since June, pending completion of the reconstruction. Also in 2026, the exhibition “Ležáky. Settlement of Heroes” (“Ležáky. Osada hrdinů”) is open free of charge at the memorial’s mini-gallery, Tuesday through Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Check the latest information about the closure and exhibition hours before visiting.

The annual Ležáky Memorial Competition

The Ležáky Memorial Competition is an annual event for pupils in the first and second stages of primary school. It officially starts above Majlant, and the municipality of Miřetice provides financial support. Its format and target audience therefore differ from those of a museum visit or a visit to a single memorial. If the competition is relevant to your travel plans, check the dates for that year’s event.

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