Discover Temny Dul: Culture, History and Marked Trails

The Křížová cesta na Starou horu runs for 680 metres from the road to a spring, gaining 120 metres in elevation along the way. For planning your own time and energy, you therefore need to take the elevation difference into account alongside the short distance. The 120-metre elevation gain can be considered when planning breaks and your own pace in addition to the distance; the short route alone therefore does not fully describe the effort involved.

The Vycházková trasa Aichelburg is 8.2 kilometres long, making it a significantly longer route than the Křížová cesta. The Aichelburg Trail was extended in 2009 via the settlement of Honzův Potok.

The excursion continues along a green-marked hiking trail, which is also designated as the marked cycling route K 25; this signage supports orientation along the rest of the route.

Kaple svaté Anny is a masonry chapel with a pyramidal roof crowned by a bell tower. It is considered one of the oldest religious structures in the eastern Krkonoše region.

Kaple svaté Anny was built in 1752 by Johann Bensch and his wife.

The former Dixova brusírna dřeva has been a protected cultural monument since 1996.

Dixova brusírna dřeva is a three-wing industrial complex on the Úpa River, with an octagonal chimney and a former water inlet.

The reconstructed hrádek Aichelburg stands on a rocky promontory high above Temný Důl. Lesní hrádek Aichelburg was ceremonially opened on 9 September 1863; a bust of Count Berthold was placed in the stone castle hall.

For culture enthusiasts, Temný Důl brings not only the trails but also the chapel, industrial complex and castle hall into focus as examples of different architectural forms.

You can park at the Veselý Výlet Information Centre; the excursion to the Křížová cesta begins there.

The Veselý Výlet Information Centre in Temný Důl provides visitors with regional information materials and helps them find programmes, places and services.

For independent planning, you can take into account the starting point of the Křížová cesta and the key rental for Aichelburg there.

Additional local information: Krenov, Batňovice, Vlcice U Trutnova, Pilníkov, Horní Kalná, Malá Úpa, Dolni Lanov and Lanzov.

Who built Kaple svaté Anny?

Kaple svaté Anny was built in 1752 by Johann Bensch and his wife.

What connects Lesní hrádek Aichelburg with Count Berthold?

The bust displayed there was made based on a painting by F. Hauptfleisch, a modeller from the glassworks in Temný Důl.

Where can you borrow the key for Lesní hrádek Aichelburg?

Visitors can borrow the key for Lesní hrádek Aichelburg at the Veselý výlet Information Centre in Temný Důl or in Pec pod Sněžkou and use it to open the castle hall themselves.

To the higher-level travel overview: Trutnov District.