R02 Elend to Harrachov
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Last edit: 10-08-2021
Route Summary
This tour where you will be guided through the Czech Republic on 10 beautiful routes from Bergen (L), takes you to the following Czech cities. Harrachov is located on the west side of the Giant Mountains, a few kilometers from the Polish border. From here you will make the 3 round trips. The next place is Rychnov, with its many imposing buildings. But also Prague, the city of 100 towers, the historic center, Prague Castle and of course you cross the Vltava River via the Charles Bridge, a city to stay longer than 1 day. With 1 nights in Germany on the way out, and 2 on the way back, this tour is completed.@Marc Telkamp, thank you for making the routes available.
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Starting point: Elend, Hotel Grüne Tanne.
End point: Harrachov, Hotýlek pod smrkem
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Duration
9h 50m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
548.81 km
Countries
Reuzengebergte (Giant Mountains)
RouteXpert Review
This trip is based on the routes that Marc Telkamp drove in 2009 during his tour of the Czech Republic. The routes may differ from the original due to map changes and daily distances.After about 16 KM from the starting point, the 1st photo point of this route is already, or perhaps even actually, walking across the suspension bridge, TitanR, to the other side of the reservoir. After this stop it continues to the next spectacular part of this route, namely "The Kyffhäuser", this is the smallest mountain range in Germany. The ridge is approximately 19 km long and 7 km wide. The highest point is the Kulpenberg in Thuringia with 473.4 meters. The 1st 2KM of the route over this ridge is spectacular and full of beautiful curves, pay attention, because it is also called a race track.
The Kyffhäuser plays an important role in German traditional mythology. Here is said to be the resting place of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who drowned on June 10, 1190 in the Salef near the city of Silifke during the Third Crusade.
In 1890-1896, a monument to the late Emperor William I was erected on the ruins of Kyffhäuser Castle. By placing William's equestrian statue above Barbarossa, the Hohenzollern emphasized that they were in line with the medieval emperor and had restored his empire through German unification.
The prince in Kyffhäuser legend was originally not supposed to have been Frederik Barbarossa, but his illustrious grandson, Emperor Frederick II (1194-1250).
After this spectacular stretch, meander through the beautiful countryside from village to village to Stublach, where a stop is planned for lunch and just before lunch in Bad Köstritz, you can refuel along the route. After lunch you go on the highway for about 80 KM.
After the highway, the winding through the beautiful landscape starts again, where you regularly pass a village and it seems as if time has stood still here. After 400 KM you reach the border with the Czech Republic, where you have a petrol station just after the border.
Even now you meander through the beautiful landscape, now and then along a river, then through a village, but also through the city of Liberec, this city near the border triangle with Germany and Poland, is the capital of the region of the same name (Kraj). Since the Middle Ages Liberec has been the center of the textile industry in North Bohemia.
Pretty soon after you have left Liberec behind you, you can already see the giant mountains looming, because the end of this route and your bivouac for the coming days is in Harrachov, this is one of the most famous ski areas in the Czech Republic and is located in the west of the Giant Mountains. Harrachov is the third largest ski resort in the Czech Republic.
Despite a number of highway kilometers, I rate this route with 4 stars.
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Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of 18,413 square kilometres (7,109 sq mi), and the sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants.
The history of Saxony spans more than a millennium. It has been a medieval duchy, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, a kingdom, and twice a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it became part of the German Democratic Republic and was abolished by the communist government in 1952. Following German reunification, the Free State of Saxony was reconstituted with enlarged borders in 1990 and became one of the five new states of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The area of the modern state of Saxony should not be confused with Old Saxony, the area inhabited by Saxons. Old Saxony corresponds roughly to the modern German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and the Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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The history of Saxony spans more than a millennium. It has been a medieval duchy, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, a kingdom, and twice a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it became part of the German Democratic Republic and was abolished by the communist government in 1952. Following German reunification, the Free State of Saxony was reconstituted with enlarged borders in 1990 and became one of the five new states of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The area of the modern state of Saxony should not be confused with Old Saxony, the area inhabited by Saxons. Old Saxony corresponds roughly to the modern German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and the Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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