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"A little walk in our pension"
- there is such a small invitations to our pension under The Tisá walls on video file, where you'll find all
important places that can be seen in the Pension "At the end" ....
Tourism - Surrounding municipalities
Ústí nad Labem
The town of Usti nad Labem can be compared to a man who has reached maturity without experiencing his youth. Excluding our fine churches, the oldest building is not even 100 years old! Prom the middle of the 19th century grew from a very small town to what is today one the largest towns in the country. Until the 1970's the town grew quickly, but lacked depth such as can be seen in Liberec or Ceske Budejovice for example^ Its character was shaped by its heavy industry and not by a stable growth of its inhabitants. There has been a huge growth of the people during the last 50 years following the unsettled period when first the Czech were moved before the World War II, then afterwards the Germans were expelled, resulting in a huge influx of people , not only from Czechoslovakia, but also from Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkan region. These people came for work and money, not to make this town their home.
This is why the true roots of Usti nad Labem have only been set down since 1950 and the second generation, now in the twenties will establish even stronger roots. They have accepted the damage done during the War and since by the Communists, the town has developed gradually during this period, but with uncertainty. Now the town is better for the experience with stronger power and greater possibilities.
The extraordinary location of the town on the River Labe set in breathtaking countryside, the international railway routes and road network passing through its centre like spokes to the hub, the gradually changing industrial pattern and the new large developements in the centre and surrounding suberban areas, its close proximity to both Prague and Dresden and its newly established centres for meetings (university, clubs, exhibition hall of Emil Filla etc.) are giving chances for the stabilisation of the population and allowing them to see through their lives in Usti nad Labem naturally.
The way forward now is not weighed down with problems, as in the past, this is why, without any sentiment have come large banks with their new buildings and now even a multi-storey car park with petrol station and our new modem lodHmg Maria Bridge over the Labe beneath Maria's Rock. These are but the starting places for a new and better Usti nad Labem.
The Second more powerful wave of development is connected not only with the position of the town, but also its dominant position in the network of trades and of employment possibilities. The largest names in the retailing sector such as Makro, Obi and Globus have established major warehouses and hypermarkets, while the traditional enterprises Setuza, Spolchem etc. maintain their position in the premier league of Czech industry. In the near future it will also be competing to be the centre of a new large administrative region covering the whole of North Bohemia.
The next concealed power concerns the gradual regeneration of the surrounding districts scarred by the quest for digging more and more brown coal, thankfully now at an end for environmental reasons. Land near Chlumec. on the Road 13 and new soon to be built D8 Motorway through to Dresden will offer great possibilities for commercial development. While other areas can be returned to the countryside, Chabarovice with its huge open cast mining operation stopped only in 1991 following pressure from the local inhabitants (not possible in Communist times) will become a large inland lake to rival Machovo jezero at Doksy . The recreational opportunites will serve a very large region and after many years Teplice and the Usti nad Labem regions will be joined by natural landscapes and a renewal of former routes.
In conclusion, Usti nad Labem is in its prime a town full of opportunities awaiting a defined forming and direction.
Teplice
Teplice is located in a basin situated between the České středohoří Mountains and the massive of Krušné hory Mountains (The Ore Mountains) not far from the border with the Federal Republic of Germany. Since ancient times important trade routes have been crossing the České středohoří Mountains and the Krušné hory Mountains and connecting Bohemian territories from the neighbouring countries. These routes were protected by a system of guarding castles around which new towns were established. Therefore the development of Teplice was supported by several factors, i.e. trade, mining activities, and healing springs. A colonising activities of religious monastic orders in the border areas that started as early as in the12th century (in case of Teplice it was the Benedictine monastery of St. John the Baptist) played an important role too. The town of Teplice can boast a variety of interesting historical monuments - the Palace originated in the 16th century on the ruins of older Romanesque monastery, the Palace Square with a precious sculptor’s work of a plague column created by Matyáš Braun and dated 1718. The park in English style is also dated back to the 18th century. In the town there are several important churches, and the district of Teplice offers another monasteries, churches and small palaces, etc. that can be admired. The present town of Teplice can offer the visitors a renovated spa complex with a number of spa treatment houses, renovated theatre Krušnohorské divadlo, new swimming hall with squash courts, and many renowned restaurants and coffee bars.
Unusual views of the landscape from the hills Doubravský vrch, Bořeň, Milešovka or Komáří vížka with its cableway are really extraordinary experiences. Water reservoirs originated as a result of landscape reclamation can offer a pleasant environment for recreational activities in summer, and the mountainous terrains with numerous pistes of different kinds as well as maintained cross country ski tracks provide opportunities for the fans of winter sports. We believe that Teplice is a town and district having very interesting history as well as present times.
Trmice
In the valley of the river Bilina is located the small town of Trmice, its destiny linked to the well known family Nostitz who purchased the town in 1662 and gradually created here the centre of the gentry in North-West Bohemia. The monument to this family is Trmice Castle or Manor House, built for Alber Nostitz in 1856-1863 in the Renaissance style at the suggestion of Austrian architect Heinrich Ferstel. Today the castle is the centre of cultural life in Trmice, it is here also that one can find an exposition about the history of the-mining industry. Also there are frequent art exhibitions and the Great marble hall is used for musical performances appropriate to the surroundings. Here are six murals by Czech painter Alois Bubak with views of the Castle and surroundings. Dominating Wenceslas Square is the Church of the Birth of our Virgin Mary. You can see today the novogothic style unchanged since 1898. Inside the church reminds you of its gothic and baroque past. The most important people connected with Trmice include the famous landscape garden architect Josef Fritsch who lived in Italy during the 19th century, or German poet Rainer Maria Rilke whose family came from Trmice. The present Bishop of Hradec Kralove, Karel Otsenasek and well known Czech painter Jindra Husarikova was bom here in 1931.
