3.Cheb - Broumov
Lenght: 22 km
Border checkpoints:
Mýtina - Neualbenreuth (T)
Starý Hrozňatov – Hatzenreuth (T)
Broumov – Mähring (A,T)
Žďár – Griesbach (T)
Other sights:
Water reservoir Jesenice – bathing, refreshment
Starý Hrozňatov - Maria Loreto, Gothic castle ruins. Branch about 3 km ahead of Všeboř
Doubrava – regional folk architecture, ethnic museum, group of 21 memorable trees of age from 120 to 260 years. 310 years old Doubrava´s beech
Kyselecký Hamr (spa) - c. 1.5 km beyond Mýtina about 150 meters from ICG. Branch marked with KČT with yellow mark.
Dyleň (940.3 meters a.s.l.) –ex-view-tower is inaccessible, refreshment
Högelstein st. Nikolaus – in Germany nearby Hraniční vrch. Church in forest from 1442. Rebuilt in 1890. Accessible from Germany (bikers, pedestrians)
Broumov customs house – restaurant
St. Anna by Mähring – a chapel with a view-tower and a Calvary. Checkpoint Broumov - Mähring - about 2 km from border. Access path is not marked.
Description:
The service road continues from the border crossing Svatý Kříž – Waldsassen towards Starý Hrozňatov. Right before it, the road crosses a former railroad, along which a border cycling path Cheb – Waldsassen was opened in 2006. A little bit further it crosses the Odrava river and connects to the KČT green path and continues along it to the cca 2.5 km far Starý Hrozňatov. There you can visit a castle, the oldest part of which is a round roman Black Tower with more than 3m thick walls. We go past Starý Hrozňatov, then the service road leaves the KČT green path and goes through the wood above the Kozly village, where a refreshment is available.
There it connects to the KČT red path and continues to the Mýtina (Alt. Albenreut.) The village Mýtina was established circa in 14th century and in the Middle Ages there used to be a fortress, which nothing has been left of. Before World War II Mýtina used to be quite a big village with more than 800 people, almost entirely Germans. After the removal of Germans in 1945 and after 1948 the village became absolutely isolated and encircled with border barriers. Over ninety percent of the houses were pulled down. Only a few houses have survived in the destroyed village, but some of them are in a very poor condition. On the other hand, in the period of socialism large barracks of the Border Guard were built (now a station of the Border Police). After 1990 the border crossing to Neualbenreuthu was renewed. South of the village, near the road to it, there is a natural monument Železná Hůrka. Along with Komorní hůrka near Cheb these are one of the youngest volcanoes in our territory, which were active even in the quaternary period.
By the road to the border crossing there used to be the village Boden. It was a small settlement of 10 houses and 70 people. The village was not resettled after World War II and in 1950s it was pulled down. Now there are only unused meadows there. Above the village there is the Železná Hůrka – a natural monument, one of the two extinct volcanoes in the Cheb region.
The service road continues from Mýtina along with the KČT red path and after a short way down we get to the ruin of the Kyselecký iron mill ("hamr”) with a furnished spring of mineral water. There the road leaves the red path and continues to the south-east and after some time steep climbing to Dyleň (940.3 m a.s.l.) begins. After circa four kilometres the service road crosses the Oldřichovská road, which used to connect the villages Vysoká and Mýtina. Now the old road is not maintained and is grass grown in some parts.
The village Oldřichov (Ullrichsgrün) remained deserted after 1945 and in 1950 it was pulled down in the process of establishment of the border zone. Now only a few fruit trees and remains of foundations of some houses have remained.
The road continues to the eastern side of Dyleň and after some time it crosses the KČT green path leading to the summit of Dyleň. In the past the Czech People’s Army (ČLA) used it for monitoring of the western broadcast. There used to be situated sensitive radiolocation appliances, so the building had to be built with no metal parts. The present owner, radio Egrensis, made an extensive reconstruction, but using metal this time. Now there are facilities of the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defence, rescue services, air plane navigation, Czech Radio and others so the view-tower is not open to public.
South-west of Dyleň there used to be village Nové Mohelno (Neumugl). Nové Mohelno was founded in the 18th century as a settlement of wood workers, in 1930 there were 23 houses with 109 people, and there was also a small chapel. After 1945 the village was not resettled and in 1950s it was pulled down in the process of building the border zone. Now there is only a meadow with trees, no buildings have been left. Even the original roads do not exist, they were moved to go along the border barriers.
In this section there are several historic border stones. Along the border there is a marked ski-running path. The service road continues form Dyleň along the KČT green path, which it leaves then to go to the Pláňský bridge. It goes across the valley of the Hamerský brook towards Tišina (791.7 m a.s.l.). After half a kilometre it crosses a wood road leading from the village Tachovská Huť to the extinct village Slatiny.
Slatiny (Lohhauser) was established in mid 18th century as a settlement of wood workers. In 1930 there were 22 houses. After 1945 the large village was not resettled and in 1950s, when it became a part of the border zone, it was pulled down. All houses have been totally destroyed. Only several fruit trees have remained and a large gravel stone at the road, on which a commemoration plaque to the victims of World War I was installed in 1990 – the plaque commemorates also the destroyed village. A part of the former village area has been planted with trees recently.
Circa half a kilometre to the north-west of the village there is a former uranium mine Dyleň, which was opened in late 1970s under strict supervision of the Border Guard. Shortly after 1990 the mining shaft was closed and all mining houses were removed, so only heaps of waste remind of the mining these days. After crossing the road from Chodovská Huť, the service road continues to the south and after circa two kilometres it goes through the Huť peat bog Natural Reserve. From there it is only 2 km to the border crossing Broumov – Mähring. The service road crosses the road leading to the border crossing at the former building of the troop post, which now serves as a station of the Border Police and a restaurant with accommodation. There is a cycling path No. 8835.