Unterhaid: Hotels and Accommodation

Around Dolní Dvořiště, protected religious buildings, traces of railway history, and marked circular trails with various thematic focuses come together. Perhaps you would like to book a hotel in Unterhaid.

Culture

The Church of St. Giles in Dolní Dvořiště is listed as a protected cultural monument. It is a three-nave hall church with a separate polygonally enclosed choir and was originally built in the Gothic style around 1480.

The pilgrimage site of Svatý Kámen includes a hexagonal chapel dating from 1706. It was built over a spring with healing water.

Near Dolní Dvořiště, the pilgrimage church of Svatý Kámen stands on a gentle hill; the only ascent is lined with six chapels. The Baroque Church of Panna Maria Sněžná in Svatý Kámen is also located nearby. It has a single nave and a three-sided enclosed choir.

Along the Koňská dráha educational trail, an information board stands by a reconstructed railway structure, more precisely beside half of a reconstructed bridge pier. In the forests near Dolní Dvořiště, the Koňská dráha educational trail provides information at a reconstructed remnant of a railway bridge about the history of the horse-drawn railway that ran from České Budějovice to Linz.

Trails and Landscape

The Koňská dráha educational trail begins in Dolní Dvořiště-Jenín in a forest near the Czech-Austrian border. The Stezky poznání near Dolní Dvořiště comprise three marked thematic circular trails.

The red circular trail of the Stezky poznání is 9 km long, runs east of Dolní Dvořiště, has an elevation gain of 47 m, and leads mainly to religious buildings. The green circular trail is 13 km long, runs west and south of Dolní Dvořiště, has an elevation gain of 96 m, and presents the history of the railway.

The yellow circular trail of the Stezky poznání is 26 km long, has an elevation gain of 110 m, and focuses primarily on the border region, which was shaped by the expulsion of the German population and the period of the Iron Curtain. The yellow circular trail also follows the former signal corridor road through the Horní Malše natural monument, which was designated to protect endangered animals.

Near Dolní Dvořiště, Tichá Fortress has a 28-meter-high tower, which is considered the southernmost castle observation tower in the Czech Republic. From Dolní Dvořiště, the fortress can be reached on foot via the red hiking trail in just under an hour, at a rather leisurely walking pace.

Other Places

Other places: Subschitz, Vyšný, Theresiendorf, Neudorf B. Berlau, Oberplan, Krumau, Mirkowitz, Priethal.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Český Krumlov.