Hrčava – Hrčava Museum

The former wooden Masaryk School from 1924 has been used as a kindergarten since 1978 (after the construction of a new school made of wooden panels). Until 2004, it also served as a kindergarten in the countryside. In 1991-92, the building was reconstructed to accommodate a kindergarten in nature, where from 1992 twenty children alternated with their teachers at fourteen-day intervals. 

On the side in front of the school building is the Memorial to the Presidents. It is part of the turbulent history of the easternmost tri-border village of Hrčava. It is a monolith with a plaque with reliefs of Presidents T. G. Masaryk and Dr. Edvard Beneš with the inscription 1918 – Czechoslovakia – 1938.

Mariánský Bridge – Ústí nad Labem

The Marian Bridge for road traffic and pedestrians crosses the Elbe River in Ústí nad Labem, thus connecting the city districts of Ústí nad Labem-město and Ústí nad Labem-Střekov. It was opened in 1998 and is thus the youngest of the three river bridges in Ústí, after the Dr. E. Beneš Bridge and the railway bridge. 

Haluzická Tiešňava

The Haluzice Gorge is a natural monument in the area of the White Carpathians. It is located in the cadastral area of the village of Haluzice in the district of Nové Mesto nad Váhom in the Trenčín Region. The area was declared or amended in 1963 on an area of 3.5000 ha. The protection zone has not been determined

Komárno Fortress

The Anti-Turkish Fortress in Komárno is a fortress built in two periods. On the foundations of the older castle, the construction of the Old Fortress began in 1546 and in 1658 the construction of the New Fortress began. On May 31, 1963, the set of seven buildings of the Old and New Fortress was declared a national cultural monument 

Labská Bouda

Labská bouda is a popular stop for tourists heading to the source of the Elbe.

Hotel Labská bouda is located in the first zone of the Giant Mountains National Park. It is located at an altitude of 1340 m on the Elbe meadow northwest of Špindlerův Mlýn, less than 1 km from the source of the Elbe.

The modern building from 1975 bears the same name as the inn, which burned down in 1965. However, the history of this place dates back to 1830, when an allegedly enterprising woman sold goat products and spirits to passers-by and had a small booth made of stones, bark and grates.

A permanent meteorological station and a solar and ozone observatory of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute in Hradec Králové are located at Labská bouda.

 

Bardejov Spa

Bardejov Spa is a part of the town of Bardejov in Slovakia. It is located about 5 km from the town of Bardejov, near the Busov Mountains, which protect the city from winds and weather changes. Public transport buses are connected to the town itself. Bardejov Spa is situated in the foothill landscape, about 6 km north of the center of Bardejov. The microclimate, natural environment and mineral waters have a beneficial effect on the treatment of diseases of the digestive system, metabolic disorders, circulatory system, non-specific respiratory diseases and occupational diseases. The spa with a tradition of treatment dates back to 1505. For example, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Joseph II (1783), the Russian Tsar Alexander I (1821) were treated here, and in 1895 even Franz Joseph I’s wife, Empress Elisabeth, called Sissi, was treated here, whose statue still commemorates her presence in the spa and a spa house is named after her.

Bardejov Spa

Bardejov Spa is a part of the town of Bardejov in Slovakia. It is located about 5 km from the town of Bardejov, near the Busov Mountains, which protect the city from winds and weather changes. Public transport buses are connected to the town itself. Bardejov Spa is situated in the foothill landscape, about 6 km north of the center of Bardejov. The microclimate, natural environment and mineral waters have a beneficial effect on the treatment of diseases of the digestive system, metabolic disorders, circulatory system, non-specific respiratory diseases and occupational diseases. The spa with a tradition of treatment dates back to 1505. For example, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Joseph II (1783), the Russian Tsar Alexander I (1821) were treated here, and in 1895 even Franz Joseph I’s wife, Empress Elisabeth, called Sissi, was treated here, whose statue still commemorates her presence in the spa and a spa house is named after her.

Žiarska chata

Žiarská chata is the only mountain cottage that lies on the southern side of the Western Tatras (Roháče). That is why it is a very popular destination for tourists. It lies at an altitude of 1,325 m above sea level in the Žiarská Valley. A 6 km asphalt road leads to the cottage, entry is allowed only for accommodated guests at the cottage. The cottage was built in 1939. The cottage has been reconstructed several times. In 2006, the old cottage was demolished and a new, current cottage was built. It is possible to replenish drinking water supplies at the cottage. The cottage is open all year round.

Žiarska chata

Žiarská chata is the only mountain cottage that lies on the southern side of the Western Tatras (Roháče). That is why it is a very popular destination for tourists. It lies at an altitude of 1,325 m above sea level in the Žiarská Valley. A 6 km asphalt road leads to the cottage, entry is allowed only for accommodated guests at the cottage. The cottage was built in 1939. The cottage has been reconstructed several times. In 2006, the old cottage was demolished and a new, current cottage was built. It is possible to replenish drinking water supplies at the cottage. The cottage is open all year round.

Historic Forest Railway

This magical and unique technical monument is located about 100 km beyond our border between the villages of Čadca and Kysucké Nové Mesto. It is a so-called forest railway used to haul wood from the picturesque and inaccessible hills of Orava. It was not the only one in Slovakia, but it was probably used for the longest time and, above all, part of it has been preserved as part of the Kysuce Museum.

The Kysuce-Orava Forest Railway (KOLŽ) was established in 1926 by merging two independent forest railways – the Kysuce Forest Railway, leading from Oščadnice to Chmúra, and the Orava Forest Railway, leading from Lokec to Erdútka (now Oravská Lesná). Both railways were built in 1915-1918 with a gauge of 760 mm. KOLŽ was created by the construction of a 10.5 km long connecting section from Gontkula in Oravská Lesná to Chmúra. The construction of a part of the connecting line from Chmúra to the Beskyd saddle was technically demanding, where it was necessary to overcome an elevation gain of 217 m on a section of 1500 m (as the crow flies), which was solved by building 3 spike headlands and at the same time the Chnúra and Beskyd-sedlo stations were built as headlands.

The main line was almost 61 km long and led from Oščadnice in Kysuce to Lokec in Orava, from which a large number of branches led. These were established and cancelled according to the current need for logging. The longest length was reached by KOLŽ in the 1920s – almost 110 km.

The locomotive fleet consisted mainly of steam locomotives MÁV, Henschel, Krauss, Orenstein und Koppel and ČKD. Of the wagons, the most commonly used were webbed bogies for the transport of logs.