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Cuknštejn - Gothic castle in Terezie
valley near Nové Hrady. Built at the end of the 15th century by the thane, Vilém Pouzar
of Michnice. Four-winged two-storeyed object with octagonal tower and partly preserved
walled ditch. Dačice - settlement founded in 12th century. Under Krajíř of Krajka new town built, old mansion, town hall, church tower erected with participation of Italian builders. First lump sugar in the world produced here in 1841. Helfenburk - founded in 2nd half of 14th century by brothers Jan, Petr, Oldřich and Jošt of Rožmberk. From 1475 seat of famous soldier, Václav Vlček of Čenov. Castle abandoned end of 16th century. Tower accessible giving view over the countryside and the defence system of castle. Choustník - castle founded cca in mid - 13th century. Under brothers Beneš and Jan of Choustník two similar palaces with square towers built, rare example of twin castles. Abandoned in 17th century. Kámen - founded in early - 14th century by thanes Tluks of Vlkov. Well - preserved medieval vassal castle with Romantic alterations. Contains motorcycle museum commemorating the foundation of the World Motorcycle Federation FIM in 1904 in Pacov. Kestřany - from 1315 seat of Albert of Keštrany. Upper castle built end of 13th century, Lower castle evidently in 14th century, after being abandoned by Kestřany in 1619 the castles were repaired and a new mansion joined to them, built in 2nd half of 17th century by Františka Polyxena Paarová. Kozí Hrádek - ruined castle, known as the place where Jan Hus stayed in 1412 to 1414. Gutted by fire in 1438, from then on a ruin. Milevsko - place settled in the 9th century. Abbey with monastery and church of the Annunciation founded in 1184. Romanesque nave and tower on the church, earlyGothic ribbed vault in the cross nave, vaulting of triple nave is Baroque. Cemetery church of St. Giles dates from before 1200. Trocnov - birthplace of Hussite Commander Jan Žižka. Foundations of homestead of Žižka and his uncle Mikeš uncovered here. Statue of Jan Žižka is by J. Malejovský. Volyně - administration centre of the so-called Volyně domains, first mentioned in 1271. Today the former fortress houses the Municipal Museum. Close by is the Church of All Saints. Žirovnice - castle, known of already in the 14th century. Under Václav Vencelík of Vrchoviště reconstructed at the end of the 15th century and decorated with murals of outstanding quality. The castle serves today as a museum of the local pearl industry. Žumberk - walled village with partly preserved medieval fortifications. Late-Gothic castle from end of 15th century, remodelled in Renaissance at the start of the 17th century. Serves today as a museum with exhibition of rustic furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries. Lipno and other creations of Nature Lipno - has been called the "South Bohemian Sea" for over 30 years. During that time innumerable week - end cottages, cabins and holiday facilities have sprung up around the dam. Probably only older boating men remember the peat-bogs below Černá and near Dolní Vltavice and the "heart of the Šumava" above Horní Planá, which Adalbert Softer, a native of these parts, described so perfectly in his writings. Work began on the dam in 1950 with the building of new roads and railway lines, and the transfer of cemeteries from the areas to be submerged. The considerable declivity of the river Vltava enabled a mechanism to be constructed whereby the water falls down a shaft cut through the rock to a depth of 160 metres, and turns the wheels of two Francis turbines. The water then flows out along a 3,5-km-long almost level canal to a reservoir above Vyšší Brod. The 28-metre-high dam wall of earth and concrete blocks is faced with stones. The dam lake is over 40 km long and water sports centres line its banks. The surrounding forests which are accessible from both sides are threaded with paths with outlook points giving views over the lake. The house in Horní Planá where the writer, Adalbert Softer, was born is open to the public. In his novels and short stories he lauded the beauý of the Šumava (Bohemian forest) region and also its history. One of his tales is based on the local legend about Vítkův Kamen, a castle ruin above Lipno. The figure of a weeping woman dressed in black walks through the ruins and from her eyes pearls fall instead of tears. But they quickly dissolve on the ground. The lady of the manor is weeping for her dead betrothed. He who collects the pearls before they melt away, rids her of the imprecation and is rewarded with the pearls. Medvědí stezka - or Bear Path on the forested slopes of Perník runs from the Ovesná railway station, past the Medvědí kamen rocks where the last Šumava bear was shot in 1856 to the Černý Kříž railway station. The way is lined with bizarre rock formations caused by the action of the weather on the coarse - grained granite. Mrtvý luh - or Dead meadow, a nature reservation of peat bogs at the confluence of the Teplá (Warm) and Studená (Cold) Vltava with marsh pinetrees. Important location of rare species of insects. Trojmezná hora - nature reservation on the highest parts of the Trojmezi uplands with the Třístoličník, Trojmezná and Plechý peaks and Plešné Lake. Pine forests with character of a primeval forest with the occurrence of rare flora. Schwarzenberg canal - navigable canal for floating timber, joining the river basins of the Vltava and Danube. The project of the Schwarzenberg forestry engineer, Josef Rosenauer, was realized in 1789-1822. The canal is 44,4 km long, the tunnel above Jelení, 389 m long, was built in 1821-1822. Vlkov - nature reservation "Pískové přesypy" - very well preserved sand dune with unique dwarf pine forest, lying on the edge of an extensive flooded quarry. |
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