Tajemné stezky - Stříbrnou cestou od Tábora k Mladé Vožici – Dvořák Otomar (2022)

Writer Otomar Dvořák continues his exploratory journey around the town of Tábor. This time, he follows in the footsteps of prospectors who once sought treasures from the depths of the earth. Few people today know that the landscape northeast of Tábor was one of the most lucrative silver deposits in Bohemia. It is a region less known to tourists, almost forgotten, yet offering an incredible range of natural beauty and hidden architectural monuments. We will explore the Dubské Hills and the Polánka Nature Park, where we will try to find the spring of the Vlašimská Blanice river. The necklace of Blatnice ponds submerged in dark forests reminds us of Finnish lakes. We will stroll across the plateaus with surprising views into the blue distances and get to know typical prospector towns that slumber in fading memories of the hectic bustle of their wild beginnings. We will peek into abandoned tunnels and defunct mining houses. We will discover ancient churches, lost fortresses of local minor nobility, and the ruins of magnificent watchtowers, such as Šelmberk or Mladá Vožice. We will be surprised by the once-famous spa of Elbančice or the pilgrimage site with a miraculous spring in Chotoviny. We will uncover the rock from which, according to legend, the sensual knight Smil jumped, and about which today almost...