Široká Niva: Hotels and Accommodations
Accommodation in Široká Niva
Široká Niva is situated in the rolling landscape of the Nízký Jeseník Mountains, in the Opava Valley.
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Landscape and Nature
Almost 72 % of the municipality of Široká Niva is forested. The municipality includes the Kunov Nature Reserve, designated in 1997. The Tlustá Berta silver fir (Abies alba) stands in the cadastral area of Široká Niva.
Culture and History
The Church of St. Martin in Široká Niva is a parish church completed in 1721 and protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. The single-nave, longitudinally oriented masonry Baroque building has a prismatic tower on the central axis of the façade. The complex includes a 16th-century rectory that was altered in the Baroque style and given an Empire-style façade.
The Liechtensteins' 18th-century château in Široká Niva now serves as the town hall. There is also a statue of Saint John of Nepomuk in the village.
Paths and Transport
The Široká Niva educational trail runs through the village and its surroundings. At five stations, it provides information about the municipality's cultural, natural, and historical sights. In the Markvartice district of Široká Niva stands the bunker of the SLO VEČ 389ABR A-120-type light permanent fortification system, about 800 metres from the village centre, next to a paved road and approximately 100 metres from the Široká Niva educational trail.
Cycle Route 6073 runs alongside the SLO VEČ 400BR bunker in the cadastral area of Skrbovice in Široká Niva. The GW Train Regio timetable lists Široká Niva as a stop on regional railway line 313 between Milotice nad Opavou and Vrbno pod Pradědem.
More destination pages: Cakova, Vrbno Pod Pradedem, Rýmařov-Harrachov, Andělská Hora Ve Slezsku, Brauntal, Dolni Moravice, Malá Štáhle, Krasov.
To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Bruntál.
