Na Hrobech, Wayside cross in Chvalčov, Czech Republic

Kříž Na Hrobech is a five-metre oak cross in Chvalčov, in the Bystřička valley of the Hostýnské vrchy. Its beams, 2.20 m wide, were worked by hand and oiled in a walnut shade; a copper arch roof protects the cross, and the figure of Christ is cut from three-millimetre steel sheet.

The cross is first documented in 1763 on a military map from Maria Theresa's reign. A wooden cross replaced an earlier one that last stood in the 1950s. The current oak cross was made in September 2019 for the 650th anniversary of Chvalčov's founding and consecrated on 26 October 2019.

The name Na Hrobech recalls a legend of the Tatar invasion of 1241, when locals are said to have dug pits here to bury dead pagans. The wooden cross was made in September 2019 for the 650th anniversary of Chvalčov and consecrated on 26 October 2019.

The cross stands in the Bystřička stream valley in Chvalčov, in the Hostýnské vrchy hills. It is reached on foot along local paths; the wooden beams and the copper roof over the figure are best seen up close from the path.

According to local legend, when the Tatars invaded in 1241, the inhabitants dug pits here to bury the dead pagans, and the place has been called Na Hrobech ever since. The cross itself is a 2019 replacement: a 5-metre oak cross from the Chvalčov municipal forest, carved by carpenter Robert Tuček, with a steel Christ figure painted by Olomouc painter František Gračka.