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Hiking, Trip to surroundings
Around Horní Planá - Stifterova stezka (Stifter’s trail)

Length: 4,8 km
Dificulty: easy
Circle: YES, Marking: marked

This trip leads mostly through a hilly terrain, but it isn’t hard. It starts by the information center in Horní Planá and leads by the green touristic track towards the crossroad Pod Okříkem. From there it continues still by the green track around Stifter’s Beech to a place where Stifter’s Spruce used to stand. There it connects to the blue track leading back to the green which takes you back to Horní Planá.

  

 Dist.   Location   Elevation   Marking   Description 
 0,0 
 Horní Planá 
 773 m n.m.        
 1,9 
 Pod Oříkem 
 855 m n.m.      crossroad with yellow tourist route 
 2,2 
 Stifterův buk 
 840 m n.m.        
 3,2 
 Stifterův smrk 
 842 m n.m.       crossroad with blue tourist route 
 4,8 
 Horní Planá 
 773 m n.m.        


 Horní Planá - The dominant feature of the town of Horní Planá is originally a Gothic church of St. Markéta, nowadays converted into Neo-Gothic style with preserved Renaissance wall paintings. Other landmarks include the birthplace of Adalbert Stifter (writer, poet and painter), Stifter Park, originally the Baroque parsonage and the Neo-Baroque Town Hall.
 Stifter’s Beech - Stifter was one of the strongest beech trees in the Český Krumlov district. Unfortunately, two windstorms have destroyed it - the first windfall was on December 8, 1979, in 1994 another storm finished the work and the beech fell.
 Stifter’s Spruce - Once Stifter's spruce was here. It was thwarted by strong winds in 1969. Today, the rest of the stump is visible. The age of the tree was estimated at 200 years. The circumference of the trunk measured 3.5 m. The wind also demolished a chapel under the spruce.

Hiking, Trip to surroundings - Around Horní Planá - Stifterova stezka (Stifter’s trail)


Photos of the route

Latin organ-loft in church in Horní Planá
Park in Horní Planá
Sight of Lipno and Horní Planá from Moldanblick



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