Josefstadt (Modrava)
Josefstadt is a desert in the municipality of Modrava , Czech Republic . It is located just under two kilometers north of Březník at the U Trampusova křížku junction .
geography
Josefstadt was located 1,195 mnm on the northeast slope of the Studená hora ( cold perennials , 1298 m) above the headwaters of the Studený potok ( Schmidtbach ) on the old Pürstlinger Steig at the junction to the Rachelhütte . The Modravský potok basin lies to the east .
history
After Joseph II von Schwarzenberg had acquired the rule of Stubenbach in 1799 , he had the Chinitz-Tettau flood canal built in order to be able to exploit the wood wealth of the Bohemian Forest by means of rafting inland. Josefstadt was one of the first logging settlements around 1800, followed by Pürstling, south of it, in 1804 . The Josefstadt settlement, consisting of 13 primitive wooden houses, was not permanently inhabited. The lumberjacks from the administrative village of Langendorf and other localities moved with their families and the small number of livestock to Josefstadt after the snow melted and left the settlement before the onset of winter. The settlement was abandoned in the late 1880s.
Today only the trampus cross and remains of the foundation walls of Josefstadt can be found in the forest.
Attractions
- Trampus cross ( Trampusův křížek ) at the junction, the cast iron crucifix on a stone base was erected in the middle of the 19th century by the forester of the Rachel hut, Josef Trampus, in memory of his father Augustin Trampus, district forester of Pürstling.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 59 '12.98 " N , 13 ° 28' 31.01" O