Stage 10. Kdyně – Všeruby, the country border
From: Kdyně
To: Všeruby – the country border
Length: 9,9 km
Height profile: 221 m
245 m
Route description
This stage is flat except for the initial crossing of the Čepice hill, even though it is in the border region, which is rather hilly.
The transition from Kdyně, once an exceptional industrial centre in the region, to Eschlkam with a grand church of St. James, offers unexpectedly many exceptional things from Czech history. First, after climbing the Čepice hill, you will descend to the monument of the Czechoslovak soldiers who bravely defended the border in 1938. Further away is the elevated place of Tanaberk with the church of St. Ann, which is linked not only to the legend of a miracle during a summer storm, but also to the stories of the Czech community from the 19th century. They were responsible for the first Czech tourist signage outside Central Bohemia on the way from Domažlice to Tanaberk. The border town Všeruby reminds visitors of Czech writer Božena Němcová´s stay here, as well as the Communist methods of detecting people emigrating for freedom.
From the border pilgrimage stone, the last 10 kilometres lead through flat and partially forested terrain to Seugenhof. This town with its St. James´s church rises at the end of this stage.
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