Kozlov: Hotels and Accommodation

The Church of St. John and St. Paul stands out prominently in the townscape of Kozlov. It stands in the center of the village of Kozlov and is its defining landmark. On the northern edge of the village, it stands freely at a road intersection; as an important landmark of the municipality, it shapes the distant views across the hilly landscape.

Culture and History

The shell of the Church of St. Paul was built in 1936 in just seven weeks on the site of an original chapel dating from 1867. The church was consecrated on May 2, 1937.

Kozlov is also home to an important memorial to thirty soldiers who fell in the First World War. It was unveiled in 1930.

Landscape and Bodies of Water

Kozlov lies on the upper course of the Kozlovský potok stream at an elevation of 505 m. The Kozlovský potok rises in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands northwest of Kozlov, above the village, at an elevation of approximately 522 m. The European watershed runs through the cadastral territory of Kozlov, separating drainage to the North Sea and the Black Sea.

The named mountains in the vicinity of Kozlov include Kopeček, Řehořovský vrch, Panský kopec, and Blažkov. Smetanovy sady Park is also located nearby.

Paths and Surroundings

Cycle Route 5215 passes through Kozlov. The “Přírodou za památkami města Polná” route leads from Jihlava via Velký Beranov and through Kozlov, continuing to Rytířsko and Ždírec.

In the wider regional surroundings of Kozlov are Roštejn Castle [Doupě], as well as the ruins of Orlík and Janštejn.

More pages about nearby places: Zbinohy, Puklice, Čížov, Větrný Jeníkov, Bílý Kámen, Mirošov, Malý Beranov, Smrčná

To the higher-level travel overview: Jihlava District.