Stage 4. Příbram – Rožmitál pod Třemšínem
From: Příbram Svatá Hora
To: Rožmitál pod Třemšínem zámek
Length: 20,1 km
Height profile: 221 m
279 m
Route description
A rather short stage, which, after descending from Svatá Hora to Vysoká, leads mostly uphill through the forest. In the second half of this stage, you will go through a flat landscape between fields. Refreshments are only possible in Rožmitál pod Třemšínem.
This is the region where the tones of Rusalka opera and the dark screams of the supervisors of the Auxiliary Technical Battalions shouted out. When you go under the Brdy Highlands you can feel that this landscape between Příbram and Rožmitál is full of the passion of the Czech past. At the same time, its highland atmosphere can be recognized by the alternation of pastures, fields, spruce forests, and small villages along the roads.
From Svatá Hora, a marked route leads directly to Zdaboř. It is worth walking first to the centre of Příbram with the majestic church of St. James, where the feel of the old Příbram streets will leave an impression on you. For several kilometers, the path winds through the city’s forest park along the Příbramský Creek and the relaxation area to the shopping area in the Zdaboř district. In this peripheral part of Příbram, a few meters from the route, you can visit one of many monuments of this famous mining town – the Drkolnov mine. From Příbram you then ascend gently up the hills through pastures interspersed with forests to the village of Vysoká. There is a castle and museum of Antonín Dvořák. A path was created in his memory in the forest and leads to the Rusalka (Water-Nymph) Pool. The road meanders through villages to Rožmitál pod Třemšínem with the castle of the famous House of Rosental. The most famous representative of this noble family is the diplomat Lev of Rosental, about whom there is preserved written evidence of his medieval journey to Spain, called “To the end of the world”. The strongest reminiscence of Rožmitál for most Czech people is the so-called “Rybovka”, Christmas carols by the composer Jakub Jan Ryba, who composed his “Hey Master” and played it in the Church of the Ascension of St. Crosses in Starý Rožmitál.
Points of Interest:
Svatá hora – Pilgrimage site
Antonín Dvořák Memorial, Vysoká u Příbramě
Rožmitál pod Třemšínem – town
Rožmitál pod Třemšínem – chateau