Lednice is a small village of approximately 2,300 residents that lies in the southern area of South Moravia, close to the border with Austria. Standing on the embankment of the Dyje River, Lednice was once a fortified settlement first mentioned in 1222, upon which the Lednice Chateau was built in the 16th century. Re-built in the Baroque style in the 17th century and eventually re-constructed in the Neo-Gothic style in the 19th century, the village is today dominated by the beautiful Lednice Palace with its Chapel and lovely gardens. Lednice provides visitors with cafes, restaurants and some accommodation alternatives, but above all the village offers easy access to the nearby popular wine regions and the well known U.N.E.S.C.O. World Heritage Site known as the ‘Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape’.
The village is one of the Czech Republic’s most popular tourist destinations as it forms part of the U.N.E.S.C.O. World Heritage Site known as the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape. The district surrounding the villages of Lednice and Valtice lies within this stunning ‘cultural landscape’ which is composed around the two chateaux of Lednice and Valtice and consists of two parts: the smaller part comprises the buildings of the picturesque Lednice Palace and Chapel, and the Castle of Valtice; while the larger part stretches between the villages of Lednice and Valtice and consists of the expansively ‘created’ landscaped countryside of rare trees, ponds and meadows that is commonly called ‘Europe’s Garden’. The Lednice-Valtice district encompasses not only ‘Europe’s Garden’ but also Pavlov’s Peaks and the UNESCO Biosphere area of Palava, the Novomlynsky Reservoir system and the gently rolling hills of the popular wine regions of Mikluov and Hustopece, making this a beautiful rural area worthy of a little exploration by any visitor to South Moravia.
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