Across Surrounding of SVITAVY TIPS on CYCLING TRIPS Contents & Tracks Types of Difficulty
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Across surrounding of SVITAVY TIPS ON CYCLING TRIPS Contents & Tracks Types of difficulty Km Types of bikes Level LEGEND: 1. Around Žabka Pond 15,5 road, trekk • roads 2. Through the longest villages of the Hřebeč region 24,8 road, trekk • dirt road, cart track, foot path 3. In Prussian artillerymen footsteps 28,2 trekk, MTB • railway 4. In robber knights footsteps 34,4 trekk, MTB •• river, brook, spring, water surface 5. Along the Svitavy valley 36,7 road, trekk • rock formation, protected tree 6. The region of bishop ponds 41,3 trekk, MTB •• forest 7. Along merchant paths 42,6 trekk, MTB •• protected territory 8. Region of one-thousand-year-old history 46,1 trekk, MTB •• chateau, castle, ruins, 9. In Max Švabinský footsteps 47,6 trekk, MTB •• cultural monument 10. Along the region of Slavonic settlements 49,2 trekk, MTB •• marked cyclepaths (long distance, local), off-road bike path 11. Around ancient settlements 51,7 road, trekk •• bike path without marking 12. To the Svojanov Watchtower 54,6 road, trekk ••• planned bike path 13. Along old mines 57,8 trekk, MTB ••• 14. Along Trstěnice Path 72,4 trekk, MTB ••• 15. Across Malá Haná 73,3 trekk, MTB ••• LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY is just a point of reference 16. To the Bystré domination 73,5 road, trekk •••• • for beginner cyclists, for families with small children 17. Around Hřebeč castles 75,4 trekk, MTB ••• •• for intermediate cyclists, for families with teenagers 18. To the Barocque beauty of the Hřebeč region 97,6 trekk, MTB •••• ••• for advanced cyclists, for youth groups •••• for very advanced and trained cyclists PLACES OF INTEREST The aim is to introduce the route from the historical point of view, to focus on places of interest and sights situated on the path or in the villages on the way. Because of easier orientation there is a number in a bracket which belongs to sights and villages.At the end of the booklet you can find a short historical annotation. Both sights and villages are lined in this appendix under appropriate numbers according to the alphabet. The list of villages and sights is not complete because of the lack of space in the material. CYCLEPATHS ARE MARKED WITH YELLOW PLATES Above mentioned tracks are suggested maximally along marked cyclepaths. In maps and altitude profiles these tracks are traced out with dark purple colour. Terrain cyclepaths are marked with stripe signs (see the picture). In maps and altitude profiles the tracks are marked with appropriate colours on stripe signs (red, blue, yellow) cyclepath terrain cyclepath DIFFICULTY: • 1 Around Žabka Pond ROAD AND TREKK BIKES LENGHT: 15,5 km DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE LOOKING POINTS It is an easy, flat route suitable for beginners or Between Hradec n. Svitavou and Vendolí there families with older children. The route goes are views of Javorník crest and the surroundings mainly along II. and III. class roads, two thirds of of the town of Svitavy. it are led along marked cyclepaths (grey colour in maps). The route joins the I. class road from SWIMMING POINTS Svitavy to Polička. It is necessary to be careful The open-air swimming pool in Svitavy from here because of busy traffic. The whole surface June to the end of August (9 a.m. - 8 p.m.) or is covered with asphalt. the pond of Rosnička (without limits). Hradec n. Svitavou - the open-air swimming pool Žabka 4022 Svitavy - Hradec n. Svitavou (5,75 km); (in summer) which is situated on the road going 4024 Hradec n. Svitavou - Vendolí (5,25 km); to the village of Vendolí. unmarked - Vendolí - Svitavy (4,5 km). CYCLE SERVICE STATIONS ALONG PLACES OF INTEREST THE ROUTE A gently rolling countryside was settled at the The town of Svitavy (see contacts on last but beginning of 13th century but most of sights one page) come frome 18th or 19th centuries. The Baroque face of the landscape (with its centre ALTITUDE PROFILE OF THE TRACK in the town of Svitavy) is determined with St. Difference in elevation is 51 m. Catherine´s Church in Hradec n. Svitavou (22) and St. Andrew´s in Vendolí (65). There are also many Baroque crosses, sculptures of saints or chaples mostly situated outside the marked 1 2 3 paths. It is possible to recommend a visitation of the station for handicaped animals placed in the village of Vendolí. RESTING POINTS The swimmimg pool Žabka in Hradec n. Svitavou, forest roads and crossroads between the villages of Hradec n. Svitavou and Vendolí. Some refreshment can be bought at the swimming pool Žabka (during working hours) or in groceries in Hradec n. Svitavou and Vendolí (just on the route). 1 2 Altitude profile of the track difference in elevation is 51 m 3 Through the longest villages DIFFICULTY: • 2 of the Hřebeč region ROAD AND TREKK BIKES LENGHT: 24,8 km DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE LOOKING POINTS It is an easy, plain route in the shape of eight a view of the Javorník crest and surroundings with a connecting road in Hradec n. Svitavou. of Svitavy between Hradec n. Svitavou and Suitable for beginners or families with older Vendolí children. The route goes mostly along II. and III. class roads, two thirds are situated along SWIMMING POINTS marked cyclepaths. From the football ground in - swimming pool in Svitavy Vendolí the route starts on an unmarked - swimming pool Žabka in Hradec n. Svitavou stretch (grey in maps) which joins I. class road - Rosnička pond in Svitavy from Svitavy to Polička. Increased caution necessary here. CYCLE SERVICE STATIONS ALONG THE ROUTE 4022 Svitavy - Hradec n. Svitavou (10,3 km); Svitavy (see contacts on last but one page) 4201 Hradec n. Svitavou - turning to Radiměř (3,4 km); 4203 turning to Radiměř - turning ALTITUDE PROFILE OF THE TRACK to Hradec n. Svitavou (2,3); 4024 Hradec n. Difference in elevation is 86 m. Svitavou - turning from Vendolí to Svitavy (4,5 km); unmarked - turning from Vendolí to Svitavy - Svitavy (4,6 km) PLACES OF INTEREST The villages situated near Svitavy were founded in 13th and 14th centuries near water streams and paths. They were built in long valleys with big distances among farming houses. That is 3 why the villages are unbelievably long - which is also valid for Hradec n. Svitavou (22), Radiměř 2 (50) and Vendolí (65). The village of Radiměř even crossed the land border and it was divided into two separate villages - Česká and Moravská Radiměř, each of them belonged to 1 different domination. The Svitavy square can also boast of its length, it is one of the longest squares in our republic. RESTING POINTS - swimming pool Žabka in Hradec n. Svitavou - forest paths and crossroads between Hradec n. Svitavou and Vendolí - groceries along the route 1 2 Altitude profile of the track difference in elevation is 86 m 3 In Prussian DIFFICULTY: • 3 artillerymen footsteps TREKK AND MTB LENGHT: 28,2 km DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE massacre stopped the Prussians who moved The route goes along marked cyclepaths, partly to Litomyšl. The Austrian army stepped back to along a yellow hiking trail and at the end along Moravia and Svitavy was occupied by the main unmarked path. The route is suitable for Prussian staff led by King William and beginners and families with children. Because of chancellor Bismarck. 2 children´s safety the route goes around Rosnička pond, behind it crosses I. class road number 35. RESTING POINTS Inreased caution necessary here. The track Restaurant and the beach at Rosnička pond, continues to the Javorník crest, turns left on a well with fresh water behind Brlenka (on the crossroads near Čistá to Brlenka and it returns left), a forest spring at the bottom of the along a yellow hiking trail back to the crest. At Javorník crest. the bottom of the hill it turns right to a forest unmarked path. After several hundred metres it LOOKING POINTS crosses an unguarded level crossing. The railway The view of Javorník from the crest. is not busy here, noisy signals are given in forest crosses path. Behind the forest the route crosse SWIMMING POINTS the road number 34 which goes to Polička. It Swimming pool and Rosnička pond in Svitavy. continues along a sand quarry on a field path for about 300 m. Than the path turns to a small CYCLE SERVICE STATIONS ALONG hill around gardens towards the town. The THE ROUTE 3 Svitavy (see contacts on last but one page). surface is covered with asphalt, hiking trails are stony. This route is not busy, cars are not ALTITUDE PROFILE OF THE TRACK 1 allowed to drive here. Difference in elevation is 309 m. 4028 Svitavy - turning to yellow hiking trail near Brlenka (14,3 km); yellow hiking trail - turning back on marked cyclepath (3,4 km); 4028 turning on marked cyclepath - turning to unmarked stretch (5,7 km); unmarked - Svitavy (4,8 km) PLACES OF INTEREST The year 1866 was hard, it was time of the Prussian - Austrian War. After the last battle at Hradec Králové the Austrian army in retreat settled down in Svitavy (59) for a short time. It was chased by Prussian soldiers who placed an artillery battery on the Javorník crest and started being a threat for the town. An Austrian cavalery attacked the artillery and after a fierce 1 2 Altitude profile of the track difference in elevation is 309 m 3 DIFFICULTY: • • 4 In robber knights footsteps TREKK AND MTB LENGHT: 34,4 km DESCRIPTION OF THE ROUTE sawmill in Opatovec - unmarked on the road The route goes along I., II. and III. class roads, number 43 (5,6 km); unmarked on the road 43 mostly marked.