Industrial Monuments

Where can you find the inscription “This Building Shall Collapse Without Water”, and who made cannonballs for Czech soldiers? Wandering around the industrial monuments of the Pilsen Region is exciting and will entertain not only dads and sons, because, for example, a trip on a steam locomotive will make happy everyone without exception.

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The Hammer Mill in Dobřív

The Horní Hamr – largest and most important monument of its kind in the Czech Republic –hosts a very interesting and widely visited exhibition. Are you interested in how iron used to be processed and how Horní Hamr became the biggest iron producer in the Czech lands? Then come and take a look.

Hromnice Lake

The Hromnice Lake natural monument near the village of Hromnice, north of Pilsen, will surprise you with its unusual reddish colour. Although it is a natural monument, it was artificially created as a remnant of a slate quarry.

The Hydroelectric Power Plant Čeňkova pila

A national technical monument in the middle of the Bohemian Forest countryside? This is the popular Hydroelectric Power Plant Čeňkova pila, whose well-preserved interior is accessible during guided tours. Be sure to drop in when you drive by.

The Tunnel under the Špičák Pass

Nobody who has at least once taken a train from Klatovy to Železná Ruda or Špičák (perhaps to go skiing) could avoid the visit to one of the most important technical monuments of the Pilsen Region.

The Vydra Hydroelectric Power Plant

A unique hydroelectric power plant was built under Černé jezero in the middle of the 20th century. You can learn about the history and present-day use of the Bohemian Forest water resources in the permanent exhibition Šumavská energie (The Energy of Bohemian Forest).

The First Bohemian Forest Hydroelectric Power Plant in Čachrov

How was the electrification of the Bohemian countryside done a hundred years ago? One would not guess that it all started thanks to a local parish priest and, at the same time, a member of the Provincial Diet, who initiated the establishment of the Economic Cooperative.

The Vchynice-Tetov Canal

Originally, the connection of the Vydra and the Křemelná, which bypasses the unnavigable part of the Vydra, was used to transport rough timber to the Čeňkova Pila sawmill and to other sawmills on the Otava River. Today, an educational trail has been built along the entire canal.

The Kaznějov Kaolin Quarry

Near Kaznějov, there is the largest and still operating kaolin quarry in Central Europe. Unfortunately, the mine is not open to the public, but the view of the mining pit from the road between Kaznějov and Mrtník is impressive.

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The project ‘Attractive Pilsen Region’ was created using funds from the state budget of the Czech Republic from the program of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic.

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