landmark
Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church)
A hauntingly decorated chapel adorned with the bones of approximately 40,000 people arranged into elaborate artistic displays.
36 km · about 40 min drive
EuropeCzechiaPardubice Region
Chrudim
Pardubice Region, Czechia · Europe
About Chrudim
Chrudim sits on the route: 5 minutes from Slatiňany, 36km from Sedlec Ossuary.
Chrudim is in Pardubice Region, Czechia, with about 24,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Slatiňany, about 4 km away.
Chrudim (Czech pronunciation: [ˈxruɟɪm]) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants and is the second largest town of the region. It is situated on the Chrudimka River.
Chrudim is known for its connection with puppetry, especially for the puppetry museum and the annualRead more
puppetry festival. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. The main landmark of Chrudim is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
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What is there to see near Chrudim?
Within an hour or so of Chrudim: Sedlec Ossuary (Bone Church) (36 km), Sedlec Ossuary (36 km), Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary (38 km), Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora (43 km).
Are there any good drives near Chrudim?
The nearest famous roads are Road of a Hundred Bends and Cervenohorske Sedlo.
Where is Chrudim?
Chrudim is in Pardubice Region, Czechia, about 4 km from Slatiňany.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 23,630
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Pardubice Region
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
- Coordinates
- 49.9511, 15.7956
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Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.
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Worth the detour from Chrudim
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Sedlec Ossuary
Chapel at Kutna Hora decorated with the arranged bones of tens of thousands of people, including a chandelier of human remains.
36 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Kutná Hora & Sedlec Ossuary
UNESCO-listed medieval silver-mining town featuring the famous Bone Church decorated with the remains of over 40,000 people.
38 km · about 45 min drive
cathedral
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk, Zelená hora
Jan Santini's 1722 masterpiece of 'Baroque Gothic' above Žďár nad Sázavou: a five-pointed star-plan church inside a star-shaped cloister, built entirely around the symbolism of the number five. UNESCO-listed and eerily geometric.
43 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Chrudim
- 70 kmRoad of a Hundred BendsRoute 387 between Radkow and Kudowa-Zdroj corkscrews through the surreal rock labyrinths of the Table Mountains, packing dozens of hairpins into a forested drive beloved by Polish motorists.
- 71 kmSzczeliniec WielkiThe highest summit of the Table Mountains (919 m): a sandstone plateau of eroded rock labyrinths, chasms and terraces reached by a historic stone stairway from Karłów, with views into Czechia on clear days.
Driving in Czech Republic
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.48/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €11 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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