Ležáky
A former hamlet in eastern Bohemia that Nazi forces razed in June 1942 in reprisal after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. Its adults were shot and the children taken away, and today outlines of the houses mark a memorial site.
- Where
- Chrudim, Pardubice, Czechia
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 49.8325, 15.9003
Get the Ležáky stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ležáky. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Pardubice volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ležáky
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk 28 km
A pilgrimage church on Zelená hora above Žďár nad Sázavou, designed by Jan Santini Aichel in a highly original Baroque Gothic style. Built in the 1720s, its plan is based on a five pointed star, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Litomyšl Castle 30 km
One of the largest Renaissance castles in the Czech Republic, with a facade covered in sgraffito and a Baroque theatre inside. The composer Bedřich Smetana was born in the castle brewery in 1824, and the site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kladruby nad Labem Stud Farm 39 km
A landscape for breeding ceremonial carriage horses on the Elbe plain, centred on a stud farm founded in 1579. It is the home of the Kladruber horse, a Habsburg court breed, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.
Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec 46 km
A former Cistercian abbey church at Sedlec near Kutná Hora, remodelled by Jan Santini Aichel in a Baroque Gothic style around 1700. It forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kutná Hora.
Sedlec Ossuary 46 km
A small chapel beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, near Kutná Hora. It holds the bones of tens of thousands of people, arranged into chandeliers, garlands and a coat of arms by the woodcarver František Rint in 1870.
St Barbara's Church 47 km
A Gothic cathedral style church in Kutná Hora, dedicated to the patron saint of miners and financed by the town's silver wealth. Work began in 1388 and finished only in 1905, and its tent like roofs and ribbed vaults are famous.
Pernštejn Castle 52 km
A castle on a rock above the village of Nedvědice and the rivers Svratka and Nedvědička, about 40 kilometres northwest of Brno. It came to be known as the marble castle of Moravia and is among the best preserved Gothic castles in the country.
Jewish Quarter of Třebíč 68 km
A former ghetto in western Moravia on the bank of the Jihlava river, with narrow lanes, old houses and a Jewish cemetery. With the nearby Basilica of St Procopius it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003.
Questions
Where is Ležáky?
Ležáky is in Chrudim, Pardubice, Czechia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk (28 km), Litomyšl Castle (30 km), Kladruby nad Labem Stud Farm (39 km).
How do I get the Ležáky stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ležáky and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Pardubice volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ležáky before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Pardubice volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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