Slavonice area

Slavonice

Despite its medieval austerity, an incredibly picturesque town sharply cut into the deep wrinkles of the ancient past of our Slavic ancestors - the Slavonice. The first mentions date back to the 12th century, and since the 13th century Slavonice has been a town.

Tourist attractions:

• City museum, bell tower - an observation tower from the 16th century, medieval underground, medieval fortifications
• Lutheran prayer house, Renaissance facades and vaulted cellars, a curious museum of natural curiosities
• Cemetery chapel of the Holy Cross, Baroque chapel with valuable frescoes is after demanding reconstruction, accessible by arrangement with the TIC
• Museum of natural curiosities

Just across the border into Austria, a short detour to Fratres is possible to visit the Humanum museum - a bridge over a millennium between Czech and Austrian culture.

Waldkirchen an der Thaya

Tourist attractions:

• Originally Romanesque church with an ossuary
• Gilgenberg castle - hosting festivals

Dobersberg

A market town with deep history, first mentioned in 1230, historically a crossroads of trade routes.

Tourist attractions:

• Gothic parish church of Saint Lambert - rebuilt in Baroque style in the 19th century
• Dobersberg castle is a Renaissance building from the early 19th century. It includes a castle park.

Kautzen

The first written mention dates from 1212, a settlement of the Illmau castle estate.

Tourist attractions:

• Illmau castle
• Local history museum
• Textile production

Staré Město pod Landštejnem

The village lies on the border of Bohemia, Moravia, and Austria, dominated by the late Gothic church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

Tourist attractions:

• Bridge over the Mlýnský stream
• Two-arched vaulted bridge over the Pstruhovec stream
• 19th-century castle and granary by the road to the castle
• Lanštejn rope park

Nearby (2.7 km along C32)

• Landštejn Castle - a very well-preserved ruin of a 13th-century castle located at the border of Bohemia, Moravia, and Austria. It offers a beautiful view of Česká Kanada. Guided castle tours and numerous cultural events, including fencing performances, take place here during the summer months. In the village, refreshments are available in one of the restaurants.

Stálkov

• Picturesque village square, chapel of St. Vitus, and a stone cross in front of it
• Nearby rock town

Český Rudolec

A village lying in a picturesque forested landscape in the southeastern tip of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, dominated by a chateau called "Little Hluboká".

Tourist attractions:

• Renaissance chateau, originally a water fortress from 1405, later rebuilt in English Gothic style, currently under reconstruction, accessible to the public
• Unique water sawmill Peníkov from the mid-19th century
• Church of St. John the Baptist, stone cross, statue of St. John of Nepomuk
• Grasel educational cycle path

Dolní Bolíkov

• Remains of a fortress mentioned as early as 1358
• Chapel and statue of St. John of Nepomuk
• Ruins of an ironworks

Cizkrajov

• Parish church of St. Peter and Paul, statue of St. John of Nepomuk near the bridge
• Area of the local rectory in the style of rural Baroque architecture
• Water mill

Mutná

• Montserrat - pilgrimage church of the Virgin Mary of Montserrat, Neo-Romanesque church with Baroque elements. Open to the public only during services.