아메리카 주변 최고의 반려견 동반 하이킹 & 워킹 코스

The memorial to the victims of the Iron Curtain is a memorial site in Cheb. It is dedicated to the 82 people who were shot or otherwise killed between 1948 and 1981 while attempting to cross the border from Czechoslovakia into West Germany. Source: Wikipedia

The Passion of Christ with a relief of the Holy Trinity is depicted on this iron crucifix from 1833.

This old wayside shrine (Boží muka) stands in front of the Výhledy restaurant.

The village of Výhledy (in German: Steingrün), which belongs to the municipality of Hazlov, was first mentioned in a document in 1395. In 1526, Výhledy became part of the estate of the Šlik family from Cheb (Eger), and in 1629, the village became part of Hazlov. In 1890, a school, modern for its time, was built here. The 1921 census recorded 494 inhabitants, of whom 485 were German citizens and nine were foreign nationals.

This is how one imagines the "Green Border": a narrow path through the forest, only a white border stone announces that the next step will no longer take you into the Czech Republic, but into Germany.

The granite block, set on two pedestals, is safely located in a spot with a beautiful view of the Egerland region. However, without a backrest and warm seat cushion, it quickly becomes less idyllic.

As part of the Royal Saxon Triangulation survey of Saxony between 1862 and 1890, Kapellenberg was selected as a first-order reference point in 1864. In June 1865, a surveying column was erected on the summit. A wooden scaffolding was built around it, which has since served as a vantage point for hikers and was later expanded into an observation tower. The 5.80-meter-high historic surveying column is preserved inside the tower, where it extends from the ground floor through the ceiling to the first floor. It bears the inscription "Kön. Sächs. Station KAPELLENBERG der Mitteleuropa. Gradmessung 1864."

The first observation tower, designed by architect Gustav Zimmermann, was built in 1931. It was closed to the public in 1968 after the Prague Spring because the Soviets installed a radar station there. From then on, it served solely as a military observation tower. On November 1, 1982, the tower, supposedly dilapidated, was blown up by demolition experts from the Oelsnitz hard stone works on behalf of the Oelsnitz civil defense. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, efforts were made to rebuild the tower. The new observation tower was designed according to the old plans, but has a larger floor plan and is slightly taller. The new tower was inaugurated on June 19, 1993. From its observation platform, one can see as far as the Kaiserwald, the Ore Mountains, the Upper Palatinate Forest, and the Fichtel Mountains.