Běstvina

The municipality with 540 inhabitants, is located Běstvina on 1,407 acres at the foot of the Iron Mountains ( the Iron Mountains ) in Okres Chrudim (Czech Republic). A quarter of the land consists of forests. The municipality belongs to the micro-region the Iron Mountains.

History

The first written record dates from 1137 in the Annals of the canon of Vyšehrad Cosmas of Prague. The establishment is closely related to an old trade route Liběcká stezka that followed the Golden Path.

Districts

Spačice - Pařížov - Vestec - Rostejn - Zbohov - Drhotín.

Attractions

• Baroque parish church of St. John the Baptist, the 1726 through the conversion of the Gothic chapel of 1137th
• Baroque castle from the 17th century, the last rulers were the lords of Herzogenberg.
• Dam in Pařížov (1908 ) on the river Doubrava.