Vernířovice: Hotels and Accommodation
Accommodation in Vernířovice
The winter offering in Vernířovice includes the Brněnka ski resort and the Říčař ski resort. Brněnka has a 300-metre-long ski lift and offers night skiing; free parking is available at the ski resort. The car park at the Říčař ski resort is located directly next to the ski lift.
Trails and Activities
The Švagrov Forest Eco Trail is located in the surrounding area, a 4.5-kilometre route with 12 stations for walkers, riders and cross-country skiers. The Mineralogical Educational Trail can be divided into the 14.6-kilometre Vernířovický circular route and the 10.7-kilometre Sobotínský circular route. It also includes the “PERMONÍKOVA STEZKA” educational trail designed for children; the trail is marked in both directions.
The Flood Park is located in the Merta area at its confluence with the Ztracený potok. The Vernířovice Municipal Office is a suitable starting point for e-bike tours and offers free e-bike charging.
Natural Environment
The area around Vernířovice is mountainous and highly varied; its highest point is Jelení hřbet at 1,367 metres. The entire area of Vernířovice lies within the Jeseníky Protected Landscape Area.
The Břidličná Nature Reserve protects cryogenic geomorphological formations such as rocks, stone streams, block fields and polygonal ground. It also contains subalpine and forest habitats with spring areas, as well as rare, highly endangered and critically endangered plant and animal species. The Zadní Hutisko Natural Monument is an abandoned, incompletely worked quarry and the second-largest Krupník body in the Czech Republic.
Most of the Vernířovice area extends into the Jeseníky Bird Area, which protects the habitats of the hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia) and the corn crake (Crex crex). The eastern edge of the Vernířovice area is part of the Praděd European protected area, known for mountain spruce forests, natural high-alpine open landscapes, rocky habitats and wetlands.
Culture and History
The parish church of St Matthew in Vernířovice was built in 1776 on the site of a cemetery chapel erected in 1711. It was enlarged in 1837 and remodelled into its present form in 1851. The brick wayside shrine chapel of Boží muka has a gabled roof covered with slate and a cast-iron cross dated 1894.
Vernířovice has a heritage as a mining settlement connected with the extraction of iron ore, forestry and charcoal production. Another historical tradition concerns the beggar Maryna Schuchová from Vernířovice: on Palm Sunday in 1678, she attempted to take a consecrated host from the Church of St Lawrence in Sobotín after receiving Communion.
The Masopust procession in Vernířovice generally includes annual tastings of fruit brandies and pork products.
To the higher-level travel overview: Šumperk District.
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