Klopotovice – Chapel, Monuments and Flat Countryside

Klopotovice combines a flat, agricultural landscape with an unusually dense sequence of small cultural monuments. The village lies on the edge of the Upper Moravian Valley on very fertile chernozem soils. For your travel planning, this creates a clear contrast: here you will find open landscapes as well as memorial sites, chapels, crosses and statues with precisely documented historical connections.

Flat Land along the Blata River

The cadastral area of Klopotovice is flat and has an elevation difference of up to 10 metres. The proportion of forest is low, while agriculture shapes the character of the village. The Blata River crosses the cadastral area from northwest to southeast over a total length of 3 kilometres; the water surface covers 3 hectares.

The Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk

The Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk is at the centre of the local cultural monuments. It was built and consecrated in 1810 and is listed as a cultural monument. Its architecture includes a recessed pentagonal presbytery and a prismatic bell tower. The site also includes a statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from 1740. It stands on a prismatic pedestal; the monument was restored in 1740 and moved to its present location.

Further historical markers are scattered throughout the village and along its field paths. Kloboukův kříž is a cross from 1912 and stands on a field path from Klopotovice to the Tovačov–Prostějov road. Another cross from 1882 is located on a field path leading to Tovačov. The cross from 1855 marked a place for a dignified farewell to the deceased. In the village centre, a war victims’ monument also commemorates local history. Like the main cross in the Klopotovice cemetery, it is a monument of local significance.

Madonnas, Pietà and Historical Remembrance

Several religious representations complement this picture. The statue of the Virgin Mary in Klopotovice is a monument of local significance. The statue of the Hostýn Madonna was commissioned at the end of the 19th century by František and Františka Klobouk; its creator was A. Beck from Kroměříž. The statue of the Holy Hill Madonna was erected in May 1946 at the site of a destroyed cross. It commemorates the devastation of Klopotovice at the end of the Second World War in May 1945.

The Pietà also tells its own story. It depicts Our Lady of Sorrows with the dead Jesus Christ, taken down from the cross, on her lap. The married couple Krátký from Klopotovice had it made in 1898 in honour and praise of the Virgin Mary. The Freedom Monument from 1922 commemorates the residents of Klopotovice who fell in the First World War and the local legionnaires. A sandstone monument is dedicated to Prussian Major Eduard von Behr and is connected with the Prussian-Austrian Battle of Tovačov on 15 July 1866.

Orientation for Your Travel Planning

Road connections from Klopotovice lead towards Prostějov, Přerov and Olomouc. The motorway towards Brno–Olomouc is 10 kilometres from Klopotovice in the direction of Prostějov. If you are looking for a hotel in Klopotovice, you can use these road connections together with the landscape along the Blata and the local cultural monuments as a guide for further planning. This allows the village to be viewed both through its historical character and its location in the flat Upper Moravian Valley.

More Destinations to Compare

If you would like to compare Klopotovice with other places for your travel planning, you can also find Olšany U Prostějova, Pivín, Malé Hradisko, Želeč, Určice, Plumlov, Skřípov and Otinoves here.

For the higher-level travel overview: Prostějov District.