I'm moving to a menhir: A peculiar energy flows through Horoměřice and a forgotten actor from Chaplin's films also comes from here
In close proximity to Prague, we find one of the most famous so-called menhirs in the Czech Republic. It falls within the cadastral area of the village of Horoměřice, where it points to a very interesting history of the place. However, Horoměřice is no longer a settlement of houses around an erected stone, which could show pilgrims the way, but also a sought-after address for living.
An inconspicuous village in the district of Prague-West conceals several historical attractions. The castle in the center of the village is striking at first glance. It gained its baroque appearance in the 18th century, but it was never the seat of a count or other nobleman.
Historically, it was a farmstead that later took on the form of a castle. However, it was primarily the property of the Strahov Monastery, from the 15th century until 1945. The castle underwent the last phase of reconstruction last year, when its attic was restored and currently exhibitions and numerous other cultural events are held there.
Chaplin's Footprint in Horoměřice
What we cannot see in Horoměřice today, but is definitely worth mentioning, is that Rudolf Procházka was born here, later known as Rudolf Myzet. In the twenties, he went on a film scholarship to Hollywood and did not return until 1947. In the meantime, he managed an almost unbelievable 1200 episodic roles in local films, which, especially in the era of silent film, were filmed faster than today.
He even appeared in Charlie Chaplin's works five times and became a close friend of the Hollywood legend. He very likely was behind Chaplin's positive relationship with Czechoslovakia. The most mysterious part of Horoměřice is represented by a small stone, which is increasingly surrounded by houses.
Horoměřice menhir: the smaller of the most famous menhirs
When we hear the word menhir we most often think of the English Stonehenge or another megalithic construction. These are relatively large stones that were erected towards the sky, most likely primarily for religious reasons in prehistoric times.
The youngest menhirs date back to the Bronze Age, but we have no written records of them, thus we do not know their exact purpose. Such a true menhir does not occur in our country, however, the term is also established for other stones erected with their base embedded in the ground.
How long the local menhir has stood in the field at Horoměřice, nobody knows. The sandstone it originated from is tens of millions of years old. The first written record about it, however, dates back only to the times of the first Czechoslovak Republic, thus its past is somewhat shrouded in mystery.
The Horoměřice stone is probably the smallest among the most famous Czech menhirs, because it was damaged during earthworks in the 90s and lost about half a meter in length. Since then, among the connoisseurs of megaliths, it is called the Broken Stone. The somewhat mysterious stone is not in Horoměřice by accident, as archaeological finds of the so-called Unetice culture were found on the site.
Its influence reached as far as the Rhine in Germany and the border of Moravia with Austria and Slovakia. There is no doubt that in Horoměřice there was a significant prehistoric settlement, which raises the question of whether the local menhir is not a menhir with everything that implies from prehistoric times.
It is probably more likely that the stone was erected in the Middle Ages, as it cuts through the medieval "Great Prague Road" and precisely at the Broken Stone, the road breaks downwards towards the historic ford beneath Prague Castle, so it might have been an important medieval signpost.
However, megaliths are also points of interest for geomancers, who sense a special flow of geomagnetic energy here. Of course, not everyone perceives this energy flow nor believes in its existence, there is no scientific consensus on its existence.
However, if someone is interested in the esoteric dimension of the stones, even if just out of pure curiosity, an astral being of a troll should be bound to the Horoměřice menhir and also should be energetically connected to the largest and most famous Czech menhir, Stone Shepherd.
Horoměřice aren't just history and menhir
The geomantic energy in Horomerice is not the only one that locals are focused on. The municipal leadership modernized the local school in an interesting way. They equipped it with solar panels from which energy is used to cook meals for children.
"Most of the electricity produced is used on-site to prepare food for our students and to run the kindergarten. The produced energy that we don't immediately consume, we will store in battery storage facilities. And if there is still some left, we will send it through the distributor to our wastewater treatment plant, which has high electricity consumption. For number lovers, we have equipped the kindergarten with 172 panels with a power of 75 kWp and 21 batteries with a power of 73 kWh,"
Councilor Ivan Král stated in the Horoměřice Bulletin about the modern approach to energy in the village.
The school will be expanded into the space of the mentioned baroque castle, which is an aesthetic dominant of the village, indicating interest in the locality from new residents.
Menhir is not the only interesting card that housing in Horoměřice offers. In addition to a wide range of possibilities for trips into nature, not only around Zlomený kámen or into the Šárka-Lysolaje nature park, it offers pleasant, almost village housing and Prague around the corner. By bus it is about 20 minutes to Dejvicka metro station and for those who want to go further into the world than to the Czech capital, it is half an hour to Václav Havel Airport.
Sources: author's text, stonepages.cz, novinky.cz, horomerice.cz, keltoi.cz, Central Bohemian Library, Jiří Bílek: Age of Menhirs
