Hora Svaté Kateřiny: Hotels and Accommodations

Hora Svaté Kateřiny is located in the Czech part of the Ore Mountains on the Saxon border. The town was originally a mining settlement.

History

Silver was already being mined on the slopes of Městský vrch before 1520; copper was later mined there as well. The Mikulášská štola was used for silver and copper mining in the Middle Ages.

Culture

Kostel sv. Kateřiny was built in 1611–1612 and remodeled in the Baroque style in 1785. A Pietà statue from 1729 stands in front of Kostel sv. Kateřiny.

Underground Heritage

Guided tours of the Mikulášská štola are regularly offered without prior registration. Approximately 420 m of the Mikulášská štola have currently been restored and are accessible to the public.

Landscape

The caravan camp offers hikers, tourists, and cyclists sanitary facilities including showers. Rozhledna Hláska is a 16 m-high observation tower with a covered glass viewing platform and panoramic views of the Kateřina Valley and Saxony.

Other local pages: Brüx, Nová Ves V Horách, Litvínov, Patokryje, Horní Jiřetín, Svinčice, Polerady, Mariánské Radčice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Okres Most.