Svatobor (mountain)
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 View from Hartmanice to Svatobor |
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| height | 845 m nm | |
| location | Czech Republic | |
| Mountains | Bohemian Forest Foreland | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 14 '8 " N , 13 ° 29' 14" E | |
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| rock | Gneiss | |
| particularities | Lookout tower and television tower | |
The Svatobor (German Swatobor , also Holy Grove , 845 m) is a wooded mountain in the Czech Republic . It is located two and a half kilometers west of Sušice in the Svatoborská vrchovina ( Swatobor Mountains ) belonging to the Bohemian Forest foothills . On the wooded mountain there is an observation tower and a television tower.
geography
The Svatobor rises to the left over the Otava valley . Towards the south lies the Volšovka valley , behind which the ridge continues in the Volšovská Stráž (790 m) and the Nuzerovská Stráž (802 m). The Kalný creek flows at the north-western foot of the mountain. A road leads from Hrádek to the lookout tower via Odolenov and Odolenka. Below the observation tower are a steel transmission tower and the Svatobor television tower.
Surrounding places are Odolenka and Hrádek in the north, Tedražice in the northeast, Sušice in the east, Červené Dvorce, Horní Dvorce, Volšovy and Dolní Staňkov in the south, Františkova Ves, Petrovice u Sušice , Posobice and Dohaličky in the southwest, Žikov and S. Čvojškov in the west, Čvojškov as well as Břetětice and Odolenov in the north-west.
history
Archaeological finds show that Svatobor was settled at an early age. At the foot of a shot from over depth was pit houses three meters existing with dimensions of four and a half x Mesolithic settlement from the period 10000-8000 v. BC, in which numerous fragments of stone tools were found.
The myth of a sacred oak grove of the Slavic god of thunder, Perun, is entwined around the mountain . After the Slavic conquest, there is said to have been a fortress and a pagan place of sacrifice on Svatobor. However, their existence cannot be proven. A find from the 18th century, initially thought to be an old Slavic god with outstretched arms, turned out to be a Gothic candelabra on closer examination.
There is evidence of a burial site of the Slavic settlement Sušice at Svatobor, which was found in 1881 when the new match factory was built. In addition to pearls, the grave supplements also included a denarius minted during the reign of King Vratislav I. An archaeological investigation of the burial field consisting of approx. 100 graves was not carried out.
There is evidence of a bathhouse at the Wodolenka ( Odolenka ) spring north of the summit since the 17th century. The owner of the Hradek Desfours estate , Johann Ferdinand von Desfours , had the Mariahilf chapel built near the legendary Wodolinka tomb in 1748.
In 1868 one of the cornerstones for the Prague National Theater was selected on Svatobor by the district captain Josef Ambrož Gabriel and the school inspector Tichý . The 13 cm thick red stone tablet with dimensions of 48 × 45 cm is the foundation stone No. 14. The hostel was later built on the rock where the stone was broken.
Between 1894 and 1898, on the initiative of Vojtech Maštovský Schüttenhofen residents, with the support of associations and the city, a lookout tower was built on the mountain. The 25 m high structure was inaugurated on September 7, 1898 by the local builder Václav Rudolf Mirvald for 3740 guilders according to plans by the architect Vratislav Pasovský. The open viewing platform with battlements, however, turned out to be a disadvantage; As early as 1904, wind, weather and moisture had damaged the masonry in such a way that repairs were necessary. The crenellated platform was built into a lantern covered with zinc sheet with twelve glazed windows. As a result, the tower reached a height of 28 meters. In 1900, the builder Mirvald built a working wooden hostel for tourists on Svatobor, which opened on September 7, 1900. On November 1, 1905, the inn burned down; the damage was covered by the insurance, but the hut was not rebuilt. Insurance cover had also been in place for the observation tower since 1905; however, its stability caused increasing concern, as the building materials used obviously did not meet the special weather conditions on a mountain top. In 1907 the tower was therefore stabilized with iron bands and iron hoops. In the period that followed, other smaller cracks appeared in the masonry; especially from a distance it was clearly visible that the tower was now also crooked. The builder Mirvald did not share the fear of an imminent collapse, but in 1915 the concerned association commissioned the builder Holeček to repair it. Their costs, originally set at 921 crowns, were significantly exceeded and ultimately amounted to 2287 crowns; as the city was unable to share the costs, Holeček had to wait a long time for his bill to be settled. After an overhang of 1.78 meters was determined in 1933, the decision was made to demolish the leaning observation tower and build a new one.
The demolition and new construction was entrusted to the builder Karel Houra from Schüttenhofen. From 6th to 8th May 1934 demolish the old tower. The 165 m³ stones of the old tower together with 203 m³ of granite stones broken at Odolenka formed the starting point for the construction of the new tower. After that, a new stone lookout tower was built in three months, which was inaugurated on August 12, 1934. The road from Odolenov to the summit, designed to transport the building materials, was turned into a tourist road so that day trippers could also reach the observation tower by car. In 1935 the českých turistů club had a mountain hut added to the tower. The building costs for the tower and the building totaled 250,000 Czechoslovak crowns.
In 1940 a silver coin treasure from the Thirty Years' War was found at Svatobor.
Between 1968 and 1970 a television tower was built on the meadow below the summit. There is also a launch pad for paragliders at Svatobor .
Buildings and plants
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Svatobor TV tower
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| Place: | Svatobor | ||||||||
| Okres: | Klattau | ||||||||
| Region: | Pilsen | ||||||||
| Country: | Czech Republic | ||||||||
| Coordinates : | 49 ° 14 ′ 5.3 " N , 13 ° 29 ′ 23.1" E | ||||||||
| Use: | TV tower , telecommunications tower , radio transmitter | ||||||||
| Accessibility: | TV tower not open to the public | ||||||||
| Owner : | České Radiokomunikace | ||||||||
| Tower data | |||||||||
| Construction time : | 1970 | ||||||||
| Building materials : | Concrete , steel , reinforced concrete | ||||||||
| Operating time: | since 1970 | ||||||||
| Total height : | 68.5 m | ||||||||
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| Waveband : | FM transmitter | ||||||||
| Radio : | VHF broadcasting | ||||||||
| Send types: | Analog television , digital television , cellular communications | ||||||||
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Svatobor lookout tower
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| Place: | Svatobor | ||||
| Okres: | Klattau | ||||
| Region: | Pilsen | ||||
| Country: | Czech Republic | ||||
| Altitude : | 839 m nm | ||||
| Coordinates : | 49 ° 14 ′ 7.8 " N , 13 ° 29 ′ 15" E | ||||
| Use: | Observation tower | ||||
| Accessibility: | Observation tower open to the public | ||||
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| Construction time : | 1934 | ||||
| Operating time: | since 1934 | ||||
| Total height : | 31.6 m | ||||
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- The 31.6 m high observation tower with a round floor plan was built in 1934 at 839 m. ü. M. based on a project by the builder Karel Houra, who also designed the Rachel House . It is three meters higher than its predecessor, which stood on the mountain from 1898 to 1934. The ascent to the viewing floor is via 182 wooden steps.
- Chata Svatobor, the mountain chalet with a restaurant and 13 rooms, was also built in 1935 by Karel Houra. The original project envisaged a single-storey building with a flat roof. During the construction phase, Houra was able to convince the Schüttenhofen Mayor Seitz in a ten-hour conversation of an increase and the furnishing of the guest rooms.
- Svatobor TV tower, the 68.5 m high structure was put into operation in 1970. It consists of a 32 m high six-storey concrete tower with a diameter of 8.5 m, which carries an antenna mast 36.5 m high. From 1972 the tower was occupied by one person, from 1974 by three people and from 1975 by five people; operation has been unmanned since 2002. Today the tower belongs to České Radiokomunikace, as and is equipped with antennas for cellular, internet, radio, digital and analogue television. There is another steel transmission tower above the television tower.
- The launch pad for paragliders below the television tower is located on the ruins of the cellar of the hostel that burned down in 1905.
- Scheinostovo zátiší ( Scheinostruh ), the facility at the eastern foot of the mountain was built in 1927 by the Solo company in memory of František Scheinost. The arbor was designed by Jindřich Freiwald . Before the Second World War, the complex became a popular destination for Sunday outings.
- Hadí stezka ( Hungersteig ), the path was created under Mayor Jan Seitz in the 1930s as part of a job creation scheme as the shortest connection from Scheinostovo zátiší to the summit. The path, which has grown together since the Second World War, was restored in 2010.
view
The lookout tower offers a wide panoramic view of the Bohemian Forest foothills and the Bohemian Forest . To the northeast are the Rabi Castle , the Prácheň and on the horizon the hills of Středočeská vrchovina visible east the Otavatal with the city Sušice and Kalovy ( Kallowberg ), in the southeast of Sedlo ( Knight saddle ), the Zámecký vrch ( Castle Hill ) with the castle Kašperk , the Ždanov ( Zosumberg ) and the Javorník ( Jawornik ), southern the Volšovská Stráž and Nuzerovská Stráž and the southwest Bohemia comb with Sokol ( Antigelberg ), the Huťská hora ( Knappenberg ), the Poledník ( Mittagberg ), the Ždánidla ( Steindlberg ), the Lackenberg ( Plesná ), the Great Arber ( Velký Javor ), the Jezerní stěna ( Sea Wall ), the Pancíř ( Panzer ) and the Můstek ( Brückelberg ) and to the west and northwest the hill country around Klatovy .
Web links
- Site of Chata Svatobor and the lookout tower
- History of Svatobor on the website of the city of Sušice