Field remains of Orlova Castle, the Moravian seat of the Knights of St. John

Above the village of Orlovice in the valley of the Medlovické stream, under the northern peaks of the Orlovice hill south of Ivanovice na Hané, there are tiny remains of the Gothic castle of the same name Orlovice, today called Orlov, from the end of the 13th century.
The castle was built by the Johannites, a knightly order that had been in possession of the territory around Ivanovice na Hané since the 12th century. The administrative center of the Johannites was the fortified courtyard in Ivanovice on…