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Tips for Cycle Trips and archives Nadace Partnerství, printing POINT CZ, s. r. o. Published in 2011. NOT FOR SALE FOR NOT 2011. in Published o. r. s. CZ, POINT printing Partnerství, Nadace archives and texts Vladimír Vecheta, authors of photography Igor Zehl, Eduard Timko, photography archives JMK, TSK JMK, archives photography Timko, Eduard Zehl, Igor photography of authors Vecheta, Vladimír texts www.jizni-morava.cz, production Advertum, s. r. o., graphic layout Ladislav Němeček, map SHOCart, spol. s r. o., r. s spol. SHOCart, map Němeček, Ladislav layout graphic o., r. s. Advertum, production www.jizni-morava.cz, 1. THE BřeclAV AND PošTORNÁ LIECHTENSTEIN TRAIL (cZ) 2. THE PODLuží WINE TRAIL (cZ) 3. AROUND THE CONFLUENCE (cZ/SK/a) 4. THE BAťA CANAL (cZ/SK) www.kr-jihomoravsky.cz, 111, 647 541 tel.: Brno, 82 601 3/5, náměstí Žerotínovo Region, Moravian South the by Published The Liechtenstein trails connect the most beautiful monuments from the period of the House of Liechtenstein in the Lednice-Valtice area in South Moravia and in Lower Austria. The House of Liechtenstein built The network of cycle trails under the common name of the Podluží Wine Trails leads through a lat section of the central Podluží area, through the hills at the edge of the Kyjov Downs in the environs of Starý Poddvorov The unique region of the Lower Morava Biosphere Reserve and the future Soutok (Conluence) Nature Reserve include the best preserved complex of meadow forests in the Czech Republic and in some ways one of the Thanks to the renewal of its function as a transport route, the Baťa Canal has become a popular tourist destination and it is now skirted by a cycle trail which is more than 80 km long. The safety of the cycle trail has been signiicantly and moulded the face of the landscape, which is now one of the rarest pearls in the treasure house of historical and cultural wealth, over a period of more than eight hundred years. The route leads over lat terrain and on to the northern winemaking area of Moravian Slovakia where vineyards alternate with extensive areas of forest. The southern section then leads through a lat ield landscape and the meadow forests of the most remote areas. The conluence of the biggest Moravian rivers, the Dyje and the Morava, with the Kyjovka River create a system of looded land, inland lakes and dead-end river arms in the middle of meadow forests increased by the fact that the intersections with all the roads and railway lines have been resolved with lyovers. It is possible to interrupt the trip at any point, because the railway line also follows the route. After getting to know the along asphalt forest roads and former border patrol tracks to the south of Břeclav. The area in the Dyje alluvial plain may be impassable during high water. lower reaches of the Dyje River and it allows riders to experience the local colour of the Podluží villages of Lanžhot, Tvrdonice or Moravská Nová Ves. and looded meadows. At the same time, the entire territory is also a game reserve with a large number of animals. The route passes through the territories of 3 states, whose borders also meat up at the conluence. southernmost part of this hydraulic structure, the route heads from Hodonín initially on the Slovak trail around Holíč and from the Sudoměřice Hopper around the canal up to Veselí nad Moravou on the Moravian side. An attractive trip to the gates of a natural paradise. In the summer months, it is necessary to reckon with increased numbers of mosquitoes. The starting point: Břeclav lowland meadow on the lower reaches of The starting point: Moravská Nová Ves 1200 The starting point: Hodonín 1200 The destination: Břeclav the Kyjovka, Dyje and Morava Rivers and the The destination: Moravská Nová Ves The starting point: Břeclav The destination: Veselí nad Moravou 1200 1000 1200 1000 The route: Břeclav–Pohansko (–Lány)–the František Fishpond–Poštorná–Břeclav culturally composed landscape of the Led- The route: Moravská Nová Ves–Hrušky–Břeclav–Lanžhot–Kostice– The destination: Břeclav The route: Hodonín–the border–the Kátov Arm–the Hopper–Sudoměřice–Petrov–Strážnice– 1000 800 Cycle trails: 43, 42, the trail’s own markings nice-Valtice area. It has been included in the Tvrdonice–Moravská Nová Ves The route: Břeclav–Pohansko–Lanžhot– 1000 Vnorovy–Veselí nad Moravou 800 800 Length: 14.5 km system of UNESCO protected areas since 2003. Cycle trails: The Podluží Wine Trail the bridge at Brodské–the Slovak Morava 800 Cycle trails: 46, the cycle trail around the Baťa Canal 600 600 600 Height diference: 13 m Pohansko An Old Slav fortress dating from the Length: 38 km River area–the conluence–Hohenau a. 600 Length: 28 km Type of bicycle: 2 – trekking 9th–11th centuries, one of the centres of the Height diference: 122 m 400 d. March–Rabensburg–Bernhardsthal– Height diference: 71 m 400 400 Tvrdonice Moravská Nová Ves Moravská Nová Ves Hrušky 400 Lanžhot Kostice Břeclav Rabensburg Bernhardsthal Diiculty: 1 – family Great Moravian Empire. There is a museum ex- Type of bicycle: 2 – trekking Reintal–the František Fishpond– Reintal Type of bicycle: 2 – trekking; 3 – road Poštorná Lanžhot Františkův rybník Hohenau an der March Pohansko Břeclav Břeclav Poštorná Františkův rybník 200 Pohansko Břeclav Břeclav Vnorovy Veselí nad Moravou Hodonín Strážnice 200 Petrov Výklopník Kátovské rameno hibition in the Empire-style hunting château. 200 Diiculty: 1 – family Poštorná–Břeclav Diiculty: 1 – family; 2 – tourist 200 177 174 156 161 161 182 176 156 157 161 158 168 168 167 160 163 156 0 0 0 5 0 5 156 157 160 163 156 Břeclav A transport hub with the irst railway in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1839). A re- Lány A hunting château in the Soutok Game Cycle trails: 43, 44, 004 (SK), 8004 (SK), km 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 0 km m 10 15 20 25 30 35 m 176 159 161 164 175 192 179 0 5 0 km 10 m 0 5 km naissance château dating from 1540–70 on the site of a Premyslid castle and a medieval for- Reserve on an unmarked track to the conlu- Moravská Nová Ves A lake with an area of about 120 ha was created there in 914 (A), E9 (A), 42B, 42 The Baťa Canal A navigation canal leading in parallel with the Morava River built by the Zlín busi- 10 15 20 25 m tress. The château park freely merges into a meadow forest. The Church of St. Wenceslas dating ence of the Morava and Dyje Rivers – 12 km. the recent past as a result of the intensive extraction of gravel sand. Kostice The Chapel of St. Theresa and the Chapel of the Holy Cross. There are abundant folklore Length: 62 km hilly borders of the forests and the meadows are densely interwoven with a network of old river nessman T. Baťa to transport lignite from the Hodonín mines to Baťov, now Otrokovice. After 1989, from 1995 on the site of the original church which was destroyed by aerial bombing in 1944. A The František Fishpond A meadow forest nature reserve. Hrušky The Church of St. Bartholomew dating from 1861 on the site of an older building. activities in the municipality. Height diference: 130 m arms, riverine lakes and seasonal wetlands. the canal was gradually brought into operation for cruise and sports (motorised) boats. It is neces- Veselí nad Moravou Part of the town on a river island is an urban heritage zone. A renaissance synagogue and Jewish cemetery dating from the 17th century. Poštorná was established in the 16th century as a Croatian colony. The massive Church of the Visita- Lanžhot Original houses dating from the 19th century. The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Tvrdonice The Church of St. Nicholas dating from 1880–84. Homes with elements of original folk Type of bicycle: 2 – trekking Moravský Svätý Ján In the 16th century, Moravian Anabaptists, who were well-known for ceramics sary to sail through a number of locks (there are 13 in all), the passage through the lock is free of château built on the site of a castle in the 16th century. The baroque Church of the Holy Guardian The Lower Moravia Biosphere Reserve This territory with a total area in excess of 300 km2 in- tion of the Virgin Mary dating from the end of the 19th century in a historicised style. Glazed ceram- is late gothic dating from the 16th century. The local museum was established in 1993. architecture. Oil drilling in the environs. Diiculty: 2 – tourist production, moved to the municipality. The Church of St. John the Baptist dating from 1842, the charge. The transportation of bicycles is permitted on some cruise boats. There are boat hire outlets Angels with its conspicuous roof and small towers dating from 1714–34 is located near the railway cludes the unique combination of the ecosystems of the Pálava Clif, the unique Central European ics from the local brickworks were used during its construction. Moravian Anabaptist Chapel of the Birth of Our Lord dating from 1839, the Chapel of the Visitation on the banks and the option of ordering a travel program for your own or a hired boat. station; the buildings of a former Servite monastery are located near the church. The gothic Church Břeclav See the description in trip no. 1. of the Virgin Mary (at Salaš) dating from 1881 and a baroque château. The Čeker-Čertova studňa Hodonín The originally renaissance small château dating from 1556 was renovated in the baroque of St.
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