Kniha o Kladském pomezí 2. Krajina zrozená z moře – Ježek Jan (2024)

As the subtitle suggests, "A Landscape Born from the Sea," the second volume of the series "Books about the Kladské Border" is largely focused on the phenomenon of the sandstone landscape of the Czech-Polish region at the border of Eastern Bohemia and Lower Silesia, and everything related to it. Here, you will find a detailed description of the Polish Table Mountains, the Broumov Walls, and the famous Adršpach-Teplice Rocks. In addition to an extensive discussion of natural wonders such as the local pseudokarst underground and the rugged relief of sandstone rock towns, cuestas, and table mountains, the author also tracks the development of tourism, mountaineering, and the phenomenon of pilgrimage. Extensive chapters are dedicated to the history of Broumov and Polička, small sacral monuments, the composed Baroque landscape in Kuks and Vambeřice, and the once-famous Vambeřice Pilgrimage Trail. Given that the vast majority of this area was previously inhabited by Germans, and the region was thus strongly influenced by the post-war demographic changes, historical aspects and stories that fell into oblivion or were deliberately repressed from collective memory are also not overlooked. Few things document the complexities of coexistence between Czechs and Sudeten Germans as poignantly as the story of their mutual struggles at the summit...