Kalek: Hotels and Accommodation

Kalek is considered a picturesque mountain village with numerous well-preserved historic houses, babbling streams, and scenic surroundings of meadows, forest clearings, and moorlands.

Culture and History

The Church of St. Wenceslas in Kalek, including the cemetery grounds, is listed as a cultural monument in the central register of cultural monuments of the Czech Republic under registration number 18064/5-534 and was completed in 1702. The access path to the Church of St. Wenceslas through the cemetery grounds in Kalek was made of flat-split stone.

The historical development of Kalek included the production of toys and wooden goods. In 1555, there was a hammer mill here for producing sheet metal, probably processing iron ore extracted locally. The Czech name “Kalek” is derived from a lime kiln; the fine-grained limestone extracted there was supplied for smelting iron ores.

Nature

In the immediate vicinity west of Kalek lies the Bučina na Kienhaidě Nature Reserve. Northeast of Kalek, the Buky a javory v Gabrielce Nature Reserve is located nearby.

Hiking

The Stezka Českem trail in the Chomutov area connects quiet forest sections with open views of the landscape and is aimed at tourists, families with children, and cyclists.

The Gabrielina Huť circular hiking trail starts in Kalek, leads past the Volárenský Pond, through the Telč Valley and via Gabrielina Huť, and then returns along the Načetín stream. The return route to Kalek follows the state border upstream along the Načetín stream. The circular trail is 17 kilometres long.

Other places: Rajov, Droužkovice, Výsluní, Otvice, Okounov, Vysoká Pec U Jirkova, Domašín, Místo

For the higher-level travel overview: Chomutov District.