6. Nemanice – Železná ruda
Lenght: 70 km
Border checkpoints:
Čerchov – Lehmgrubenweg (T)
Tři znaky - Drei Wappen (T)
Pod Třemi znaky – Brombeerriegel (T)
Ovčí vrch – Hochstrasse (T)
Starý Spálenec - Prennetriegelweg(Prennet) (T)
Všeruby – Gaishof (T)
Fleky – Hofburg (T)
Zadní chalupy – Helmhof (T)
Ostrý - Grosser Osser (T)
Železná Ruda - Bayer. Eisenstein (A,T)
Folmava - Furth im Wald (A,T, R)
Všeruby – Eschlkam (A)
Svatá Kateřina – Neukirchen (A)
Other sights:
Čerchov (Schwarzkopf) (1042) – highest peak in Český les with view-tower
Tři Znaky (Dreiwrappen) – natural protected area. Touristic place – three historical emblems carved in rock. Marked by KČT (Czech tourist club), resting place with shelter
Sokolova vyhlídka (Sokol´s look-out) – in commemorationof geologist Rudolf Sokol (1873-1927)
Babylon – bathing establishment
Výhledy – monument of J.Š.Baar (Czech writer)
Klenčí pod Čerchovem – museum of J.Š.Baar
Hrádek (585) – monument of Jan Sladký-Kozina, leader of Chodské revolt. (this region is called Chodsko)
Pec – in the village is woodcutter´s chapel of st.Prokop
Domažlice – Chodský castle, historical part of the town
Nýrsko – water reservoir – bathing and camping is prohibited
Pajrek – ruins of small castle with nice look –out
Černé jezero – one of eight glacier lakes in Šumava. This is biggest (175 ha). In 1966 were in the lake found boxes with german ww2 documents. They were placed here by czech Ministry of Internal Affairs in July 1964, to provoke german intelligence service. The action wasn´t succesfull.
Železná Ruda – museum of Šumava, kastle, czech-bavorian trail station
Description:
The extinct village Lísková (Haselbach) was situated on an old trade path from Domažlice to Bavaria. The village was established in early 17th century. Before the war there were 50 houses and there was an important border crossing. After 1945 the population was removed and the border crossing was closed. It finally ceased to exist in mid 1950s, when the border zone was set up there and the houses, including the old customs house, were pulled down. Until 1990 only a road to Nemanice (difficult to access through elsewhere) led through here, right along massive barriers on the border side. After 1990 the border crossing was re-established and is quite heavily used now.
From the border crossing Lísková (Haselbach) the service road continues to the west foot of Čerchov. About after 5 km we reach Malinová hora, where is a former troop house of the Border Guard. From there the service road continues to the road-fork at Stadionka, from where you can go to the top of Čerchov (1041.8 m a.s.l.). After 1905 there was a stone view-tower, which replaced an older wooden building. After the World War II the buildings were refurnished for military purposes and until 1990 they were used by the army. Its summit was closed to public. Not far from here there are Tři Znaky (it is going to be declared a zone of the highest protection class) with a tourist border crossing for the pedestrians.
From there we can go to the south to the former Zámeček. It was built by the glass-work entrepreneurs, shortly it was used by the SS officials and then by the Border Guard, which had it partially pulled down, when it deserted it. The road continues through the Amerika valley to another extinct village Bystřice (Fichtenbach). Only ruins of a school and a mill have remained. There is also a troop house of the Border Guard and there is a memorial to the victims of the World War I. The service road goes through the once village and continues closely along the border and Chladná Bystřice to the border crossing Dolní Folmava. There the service road is interrupted with a large truck parking site and other buildings.
The service road continues then to the east and circa after 2 km it turns to the north. It goes past an extinct village Kubička (Plassendorf). It was established after 1709 and it was formed only by eight houses, which were stripped of its population after the war and in 1950s they were pulled down. Now there are virtually no traces of any settlement. Not far from here the service road crosses the railway Domažlice – Furth. Then it continues to Starý Spálenec, before which it turns to the east towards another extinct village Slatiny (Traxelmoos). This village, founded in early 18th century, was situated south-west of Maxov. There used to be 11 houses, which were deserted after 1945 and in 1950s they were pulled down. Now there are only meadows and one house, which stands right next to the border, but on the German side. Not far from there is the border crossing Všeruby – Gaishof.
The service road continues then to the east and circa after 4 km it crosses the Myslivský brook and goes past the Myslivský pond at Všeruby. A little bit to the west there was the villageMyslív (Schneiderdorf). It was established around 1579. For some time there was even a glass-works. In 1930 it had 55 houses with German population. After 1945 it was partially resettled, but when the communist regime assumed power, they had to leave, because a border zone was established there. Some buildings remained there and were used by the Border Guard, but finally they left it and in early 1970s they were pulled down, when the "wires” were moved to the road Všeruby-Maxov.
A little way further service road crosses the road to the border crossing Všeruby – Neuaign and continues in the fields to the former village Švarcavu (Schwarzau). The first settlement was established there probably in late 17th century, when it was still a German area. In 1707 it became a part of Bohemia. Then Švarcava became a part of the near Šprymberk (now Pomezí). After removal of the German population, the village became cut off behind the border wires (in 1970s they were moved even to the road Všeruby-Pláně) and the village was destroyed.
Service road continues further to the former village Sruby (Heuhof). The village was established in early 16th century, probably as a renewal of an older settlement. It became a part of Bohemia only in 1707, when the border was moved. But it remained a German settlement only. Before the war there were 21 houses. After 1945 the German population was removed and the village remained empty. In 1950s it was pulled down, when the border zone was set up. Only one house has survived as a part of now deserted complex of the Border Guard troop house.
A little way behind the village the service road crosses the brook Kouba (Chambach) and continues through the wood to the border crossing Fleky – Hofburg, where it meets the green KČT path. Fleky (Flecken) is a village composed of three parts – Zadní Fleky, Střední Fleky and Přední Fleky. After the removal of the German population after 1945 and after the set up of the border zone in 1950s the village was inaccessible until 1990. In the best preserved section, the Přední Fleky, a memorial to the victims of the World War I has remained on the former village-green, some older houses and ugly modern blocks of flats.
The service road then continues through a steep slope via Kameňák (751 m a.s.l.) to the border crossing Sv. Kateřina – Neukirchen. There it enters the natural reserve CHKO Šumava. It goes via Chodská Úhlava and soon it meets the red KČT path and a cycling path, which it follows to the clearing U Zadních Chalup. Then it continues through the valley of the Lomnice brook to the east and at the settlement Hamerský Dvůr it turns to the south. From there it goes through a wood to the settlement Hamry, which it circumvents. On the way it crosses the green KČT path and behind the Hamry it meets the blue KČT path and goes along it for circa 2 km through the valley of the Bílý brook. A kilometre further there is the natural reserve Bílá Strž. Its main sight is the unique waterfall and "giant pots”, formed by water stream in stone. On the meadows above the stream there are relics of the original woods, which has a jungle nature. The service road goes along the border of the natural reserve, it crosses the red KČT path and after a steep slope it returns near the state border again. From there it continues to the Černé and Čertovo lake (natural reserve). At the Černé lake there used to be a wooden garden house in late 19th century. When it burnt down, it was replaced with a restaurant rebuilt by the Czech Tourist Club (KČT) into a two-storey accommodation. In 1989, when the area was left by the Border Guard soldiers, who used the building, only feeble remains of the foundations have remained from the chalet.
Service road then continues to the south and on the way it crosses two historic roads – Dámská road and Reindlácká road. After a short descent it meets the springs of the river Svarožná and goes along it to the border crossing Železná ruda - Bayer. Eisenstein.