A walk over the Šumava Plains
Horská Kvilda is a typical example of a village with houses scattered along mountain meadows and slopes.
Horská Kvilda is a typical example of a village with houses scattered along mountain meadows and slopes.
From Vilémov, the most picturesque quarter of Kvilda, the trail takes you through the deep-cut valley of the River Olšinka to the Na Starých Hutích crossroads (yellow marks).
With an elevation of 1,065 metres, Kvilda is the highest village in the Czech Republic.
The Czech ‘national river’, the stream rises on the slopes of the mountain of Černá hora at an elevation of 1,190 metres. Initially, it is called Černý potok; it becomes Teplá Vltava from the village of Borová Lada onwards; from its confluence with Studená Vltava as far as the town of Mělník, it is just Vltava – no nicknames.