Svatá Kateřina: Hotels and Accommodations

The South Trail leads through the Šumava in eight stages, from Vyšší Brod to Svatá Kateřina, and is 192 kilometers long in total.

Routes and Border Connections

The nearby Svatá Kateřina (Rittsteig) border crossing enables day trips to the Bavarian side and back. Above Svatá Kateřina, the Sv. Kateřina–Rittsteig border crossing can be used. Parking is available directly on-site at the Svatá Kateřina border crossing.

On weekdays, buses run from Nýrsko to the Chudenín and Svatá Kateřina stops; the Chudenín, Svatá Kateřina, st.hr. stop is also served, but with limited service.

Nature and Landscape

The Šumava Natura 2000 site comprises Šumava National Park, the Šumava Protected Landscape Area, and part of the Šumava Biosphere Reserve. It extends from Svatá Kateřina in the Klatovy District southeastward to Přední Výtoň in the Český Krumlov District.

The PP U Radošína protected area lies in the cadastral territory of Svatá Kateřina; a former amphibolite quarry is mentioned there. Lohberg Wildlife Park in the Bavarian Forest is located in the vicinity of Svatá Kateřina.

Stangenruck Mountain is located in the immediate vicinity of Svatá Kateřina. The mountains Kronwithöhe, Lovečná, and Jägerhübel are also located in the surrounding area.

Culture and History

The Hradčany hillfort is designated as a monument in Svatá Kateřina. On the Bavarian side, boundary stone 15C does not bear a carved and color-highlighted Bavarian coat of arms because the border follows a watercourse there and the Chodská Úhlava forms a meander in the opposite direction.

In the wider regional surroundings of Svatá Kateřina are the Neunussberg castle ruins and the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Chammünster.

More locality pages: Břežany, Hartmanice, Plánice, Mezihoří, Malý Bor, Kovčín, Sveradice, Poleň.

For the higher-level travel overview: Klatovy District.