Bohemian path
The Böhmischer Steig , also Böhmweg , ( Czech : Česká stezka or Stará pražská cesta ) is the name given to various route connections over the mountain ranges of the Vogtland , the Ore Mountains , the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and the Lusatian Mountains , which have been the area of the Mark Meißen and since the late 11th century the Oberlausitz with Bohemia combined. A first indirect reference to the existence of such a connection comes from a document in which a customs office near today's Zwickau is mentioned. A " semita bohemica " was first mentioned in a document in 1143, which ran from Altenburg via Waldenburg (Saxony) and Zschopau to Bohemia. Another documentary evidence is from 1185. In the description of the boundary of the foundation area of the Altzella monastery you can read: "... from illo per antiquam Boemie semitam ...". This is the path that comes from Waldheim, via Sayda and the saddle near Deutscheinsiedel to Brüx . Many of these Bohemian climbs are popularly referred to as salt roads.
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literature
- Andreas Gerth: The Bohemian Steig, On the trail of an old trade route from Bautzen to Prague; a very special kind of hike. Oberlausitzer Verlag Frank Nürnberger, 2008, ISBN 978-3-933827-87-6 .