10. Dolní Dvořiště – Nové Hrady
Lenght: 36 km
Border checkpoints:
Dolní Dvořiště – Wullowitz (A, T)
Cetviny – Hammern (T)
Cetviny – Mairspindt (T)
Pohoří na Šumavě – Stadlberg (T)
Šejby – Harbach (T)
Nové Hrady – Pyhrabruck (A,T)
Other sights:
Žofínský prales (Žofínský primeval forest) Rychnov nad Malší – st.Ondřej´s church Tichá – ruins of stronghold Svatý Kámen nad Malší – church of st.Marie, cloister was closed in 1950, then destroyed Kamenec (1072 m) – highest peak of Novohradské mountains Pohořské slatě – moorland Myslivna (1040m) – viewtower Vysoký kámen (865m) – viewtower Kraví hora (953m) – outlook, bizarr rocky shapes Terčino údolí – nearby Nové Hrady, natural preserve, landscape designed
Description:
The road continues from Dolní Dvořiště to the east and after two kilometres it turns to the south-east. There it goes past the village U Sv. Kamene, where is a former Border Guard troop house, now serving as accommodation of the Red Cross organisation. The road goes to the south-east and goes past the extinct village Lhota (Neustift). There is a marked cycling path No. 1018. A short way further the road connects to the asphalt road connecting Tichá and Cetviny (Zettwing). This village was gradually stripped of people in 1950s and finally ceased to exist. A church (newly reconstructed), a fountain and one old house in the old barracks area have survived. Also the old customs house has remained at the newly opened border crossing and between Cetviny and Mikulov a cemetery was renewed. Nearby there is a memorial to the victims of World War I and a memorial plaque commemorating the destruction of the village.
The service road then continues to former Mikulov (Bőhmdorf) and continues towards another extinct village Dolní and Dolní a Horní Přibrání (Unter/Obersinnetschlag). This village was established in1607. The people lived mostly on work in the forests and farming on the fields. From 1849 this village administered also Horní Příbrání (Ober-Sinnetschlag), Leopoldov (Leopoldsdorf) and Janoves (Johannesdörfl) and several lone settlements (Breininger, Dreihäusl, Hausberg, Kohl-Zeughütten, Maltschbach, Prussing and Ulrich-Hiesel. In 1884 a single-grade school was opened there. At present nothing has been left, only two newly built houses are there.
The road continues to Leopoldov (Leopoldsdorf). Around 1750 houses for families of raftsmen and woodcutters were built at the Pohořský brook. The houses were called „Huskerwiese” and other woodcutter houses emerged later. In 1790 the village was visited by the count Jan Nepomuk Buqouy, who named it after his younger brother Leopold Albert. The village then came to be called Leopoldsdorf-Leopoldov. The inhabitants lived mostly on cutting of trees and transport of lumber on water. The earlier Jiřická reservoir (called also Pohořský pond) came to be used as a ”clausa” (water reservoir for retention of water needed for transport of lumber) in 1774 and in 1775 the nearby Uhlištský pond was furnished for that purpose too. When the Germans were removed, the village was resettled mainly by Ruthenians, who also worked as woodcutters and raftsmen there.
The road continues towards Uhliště (Kohlstätten), from which only the original sawmill has remained, where timber was cut for the production of matches. The service road goes on to Pohorská Ves. In the projection, which became cut off in the border zone in 1950s, there were several villages, which had to be deserted and destroyed.
This settlement was established gradually after early 18th century, when the woodcutters built several houses at the Pohořský pond. In late 18th century this settlement was called Teichhäuseln am Puchersteich and after 1788 it was called Georgendorf. In 1890 there lived 136 people (120 Germans, 16 Czechs) in 22 houses. The village was deserted after 1955. Pohořský pond has 6.3 ha. While the area was a part of the border one, the pond wharf broke down and the pond was re-established only in 1996.
This village was a part of the village Pohoří na Šumavě and was founded in 1780 along with the glassworks. The glassworks was founded by the count Georg Franz Buquoy, who called the village after his sister. The glassworks was nicknamed after its tenant - Schreinerhütte. The next tenant was Johann Mayer. The glassworks was closed in 1852. There lived 115 people in 8 houses. After the removal of the German population after World War II the village was pulled down and grown with trees. Only a cross has survived until now.
A former lone settlement – now only ruins. Nearby there is a border column "Trojmezí” dividing the territories of Upper Austria, Lower Austria and Bohemia. Right of the column, on the Czech side, there is the highest peak of the Novohradské mountains, Kamenec (1073 m a.s.l.). There are also remains of a watch-tower and an inn.
This used to be a busy border town, situated close to the state border, important centre for the surrounding villages, currently in ruins. At present it lives again during a September fair, when also the border opens for a short time.
The village was founded in 1777 by the count Johann Buquoy and was named Pucherser Hütte (Pohořská huť). About ten years later the glassworks and the settlement around it were named Janova Huť. In 1838 the glassworks was closed and it buildings were turned into a farm complex. This existed only until 1860. In 1945 there were 13 houses and 95 people of German origin. After their removal the village was resettled. In 1955 there lived 14 people and 8 houses. Later it was deserted and ceased to exist.
In 1854 the count Georg Johann von Longueval-Buquoy had the gamekeeper’s house near the village Javory (Ahornhütten) turned into a wooden hunting lodge. This was called Sofienschloss after his wife, the countess Sophie Theresie von Longueval-Buquoy. The building was richly decorated with furniture, engravings, hunting trophies and paintings. In June 1938 Konrad Henlein spent several days there. After 1945 the hunting lodge was a part of the confiscated property and in 1948 it was given to the army. Before 1980 the Border Guard left it and in 1980 they pulled it down. In the nearby village Javory several holiday cottages have survived.
In 1791 a settlement called Goldentisch was founded in this place. It was inhabited by woodcutters and raftsmen, who transported lumber on the Černá river. In 1789 a water reservoir ("clausa”) was built nearby for retention of water needed to transport the lumber. There were even eleven houses there. The settlement was owned by the Nové Hrady manor. After the removal of the German population the village was not resettled and it ceased to exist.
The road from Pohorská Ves is in a very good condition. Then we go on the wavy terrain until we get to a road-fork to Dobrá Voda. From there the road goes across the Černá river to Černé Údolí. This village is in a mild upward slope. In mid of the village we can turn at the house of the once Border Guard toward village Žofín and continue to the Natural Reserve CHKO Žofínský prales ( along the green KČT path ). We can swim in the pond Velký Tichý. The road continues along the road to the once Starý Holand (Altholland). The first reference to Holland is from around 1760. It was probably named after the lumber traders from Holland, who purchased lumber and set up a temporary settlement in this place. In 1793 there were settlements Starý Holand and Nový Holand. In 1930s 33 Germans lived in Starý Holand and when they were removed after World War II, the village ceased to exist.
From there the road leads to Staré Hutě and Hojná Voda, where it turns to the east and goes to Šejby along the cycling path No.1048. There is an irregularly opened border crossing. The road has a not maintained asphalt cover and leads on to Veveří and from there towards the border crossing Nové Hrady – Pyhrabruck.