Křelovice: Šipín Cycling Loop and Historic Districts

Křelovice lies on a gentle western slope, surrounded by meadows and farmland. The village sits at an elevation of 500 to 530 metres. This offers two practical perspectives for planning your trip: its rural setting and the combination of a cycling route and history. The latter can be found in Křelovice and its districts of Pakoslav, Mydlovary and Rozněvice; their historical records date back considerably further than the first written mention of the village that gives the municipality its name.

Rural Setting and the Šipín Cycling Loop

The Šipín Cycling Loop is 48 kilometres long and runs from Rozněvice via Křelovice to Skupeč. The distance refers to the entire loop. This distinction is useful when planning your trip: Křelovice lies on the route between Rozněvice and Skupeč, while the 48 kilometres describe the full loop. If cycling is your main focus, you can consider the tour as a whole and Křelovice as one of the places along the way.

History of the Village and Its Districts

Křelovice was first mentioned in writing in 1483. At the time, it belonged to the market town of Manětín as an associated estate. This date provides a point of reference for the village that gives the municipality its name; the districts have significantly earlier historical records.

Mydlovary, a district of Křelovice, is mentioned as early as 1115 in the founding charter of the Benedictine monastery in Kladruby. From 1379, it was associated with the Markwart family of Hrádek. These dates refer to different milestones: an early mention in a monastery charter and a later association with a noble family.

Rozněvice, also a district of Křelovice, is mentioned early, too: it appears in a charter of Pope Gregory X in 1273. The Premonstratensian monastery of Teplá owned Rozněvice until 1576; from 1642, the village once again belonged to the Teplá monastic estate. The dates mark different events—the first mention, a period of ownership and its renewed affiliation. This makes it possible to distinguish the different milestones without reading them as one continuous relationship.

Pakoslav, also a district, was first mentioned in 1379 as the seat of the Vladika Jindřich. The fortress there is recorded in 1397 as belonging to Frycek of Prostiboř. After Jan Hvozdíř’s death around 1457, the fortress is no longer mentioned. This sequence spans different dates: the first mention of Pakoslav, the record of the fortress and its final mention. Pakoslav thus has its own chapter in the history of Křelovice.

Memorial Sites and Landscape

An information board stands next to the reconstructed monument to the victims of the First World War. The pond in Rozněvice has also been reconstructed. The board adds an informational element to the monument; the pond offers a different, landscape-focused highlight alongside the local histories.

These two perspectives span different scales—a 48-kilometre tour on the one hand and individual local histories on the other.

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