Ohrozim – Horka, Natural Monuments and History

Ohrozim combines distinctive churches, a multilayered settlement history and protected nature in an unusually tangible local setting. The village’s landmark is the Neo-Romanesque Church of St. Wenceslas. At the same time, traces on Horka and in the cadastral area reach far back into the past: to burial mounds, a medieval settlement and a former long-distance road.

Churches and History in Ohrozim

The Church of St. Wenceslas in Ohrozim was built between 1853 and 1855 and, as a Neo-Romanesque church, is the landmark of Ohrozim. The parish church of Ohrozim was first mentioned shortly after the middle of the 14th century. Thus, the village’s churches reflect different periods and complement the more recent and older traces of its history.

The prehistoric past is particularly concentrated at Horka. Finds date the Horka burial mound field to the Funnelbeaker culture, more specifically to the so-called Ohrozim type. The burial mound field comprised around 27 burial mounds in total; excavations uncovered 57 graves. A windmill once stood on Horka above Ohrozim, where traces of burial mounds have been preserved. The site therefore combines archaeological classification with surviving historical traces.

A medieval settlement called Lhotka was also located in the cadastral area of Ohrozim. For visitors interested in culture, this creates a broad chronological spectrum: from the Funnelbeaker culture through the history of medieval settlement to church construction in the 19th century.

Natural Monuments and Landscape

Čubernice is a 2.3041-hectare natural monument, first designated on 22 August 1952. It protects populations of warmth-loving plants, their plant communities, the wildlife associated with them, and open grass- and herb-rich areas. The focus is therefore not just on a single plant species, but on an interplay of vegetation, wildlife and open habitats.

The Ohrozim-Horka natural monument lies about 1 km northwest of Ohrozim and protects the habitat of the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus). The distance of about 1 km places the natural monument in its geographical context. If you would like to combine nature and history, Čubernice and Ohrozim-Horka offer two differently described conservation themes.

Planning Orientation

For travel planning, Class II road No. 150 leads from Prostějov to Ohrozim. Near Ohrozim, a concrete section is also one of the few surviving remnants of the Plzeň–Ostrava long-distance road built in the 1930s. Horka above Ohrozim offers a view across the Prostějovsko region. Today’s road from Prostějov and the historic concrete section mark different chapters in the route to Ohrozim. The view from Horka across the Prostějovsko region leads around Ohrozim from transport history to the landscape.

If you are looking for a hotel in Ohrozim, you can decide in advance whether churches and settlement history, the finds at Horka or protected habitats will be the deciding factors for your plans. For further destinations in this selection, you can also visit Želeč, Prostějov, Ptení, Pěnčín, Čelčice, Raková U Konice, Vícov and Otinoves.

For the higher-level travel overview: Prostějov District.