Špindlerova bouda
| Špindlerova bouda | ||
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 The Spindlerbaude in 2008 |
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| Mountain range | Giant Mountains | |
| Geographical location: | 50 ° 45 '44.3 " N , 15 ° 38' 7.5" E | |
| Altitude | 1208 m nm | |
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| owner | Private | |
| Built | 1784 | |
| Construction type | 3-star mountain hotel | |
| Development | Spindlerpass road | |
| Usual opening times | All year round | |
| accommodation | 42 rooms, 122 beds | |
| Web link | Homepage | |
The Špindlerova bouda ( German Spindlerbaude ) is a mountain hotel in the Czech Republic that goes back to a former mountain hut .
location
The hotel, which is also known as Špindlerovka , is located on the Spindlery Pass , right on the border with Poland on the Czech side of the Giant Mountains at an altitude of 1208 meters above sea level. It is an hourly bus line there, or by car along the toll Spindler pass road of the 8-km (distance 4 km) distant city Spindleruv Mlyn ( Spindleruv Mlyn distance) from good all year round.
The road on the Polish north side, on the other hand, is closed to car traffic all year round. It is one of the steepest roads in Poland with an average gradient of 7.2 and a maximum of 24 percent, and although the road quality is very poor, the pass is very popular with mountain bikers and mountain bikers. On the Polish side of the border, the Schronisko Odrodzenie (formerly the “Rübezahl” youth house) is in the immediate vicinity .
history
The Spindlerpass as the lowest point on the main ridge has probably always been known. The pass was certainly used by travelers who came over the Schlesierweg . This old trade route already connected Vrchlabí ( Hohenelbe ) with the Lower Silesian cities in the middle of the 12th century and made a decisive contribution to the settlement of the Giant Mountains. The path still crosses the pass today under the name Path of Polish-Czech Friendship .
The first building on this site was probably built by a certain Ignác Hallmann in 1784. The current name comes from the Friedrichsthaler (today Bedřichov ) local judge Franz Spindler, who rebuilt the hut in 1824 - similar to the current shape. Hence another alternative name - Rychtářova Bouda, in German Richterbaude.
In the nineteenth century the house was destroyed by fire twice, in 1826 and 1885, but was rebuilt each time.
In 1914, the construction of the Spindlerpass road began on the Czech side, which was completed in autumn 1923 at a cost of 736,000 crowns up to the pass.
During the Second World War , the hut served as an internment camp for captured officers from the ranks of the French, British and American armies.
After the end of the war, from around 1945 to 1948, the German residents of the Bauden on the Spindlerpass, along the pass road and in the surrounding area were evicted as part of the Beneš decrees and the buildings were converted into rest homes of the State Trade Union Confederation (ROH).
In 1989, the Velvet Revolution brought about a political turning point, in the course of which the previously state-run rest homes were re-privatized and transformed into modern sports hotels.
In 1997 the building was sold to Tomáš Tyle as a hotel of the simplest category. In 2005 the building burned down again. Because of the major damage to the outbuilding, the owner decided to completely renovate the entire hotel. Work began on April 1, 2005 and was completed on December 16 of the same year with the ceremonial opening of the “old” Špindlerova bouda as a new four-star hotel.
Hiking trails
▬ along the path of friendship from the snow pits ( Polish Śnieżne Kotły , Czech Sněžné jámy ) over the Mädelsteine ( Czech Dívčí Kameny ) in the west
- to Spindlerbaude and from here further to Sněžka in the east
▬ past the Leierbauden ( Jelení boudy ) to the Mädelsteg ( Czech Dívčí lávky )
▬ via the Davidsbauden ( Czech Davidovy Boudy ) to the Bärengrundbaude ( Czech Medvědí bouda )
The red symbol on the left is a so-called “ silent sign ”, in Czech Němé značky , with which the poles of the winter marking to Špindlerova bouda are marked.
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