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Culture and History
The Cistercian monastery in Vyšší Brod is a national cultural monument of the Czech Republic and offers several sightseeing routes. The monastery complex includes a medieval fortified structure with the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary; the church is also part of the sightseeing routes. The complex is also home to the NTM Postal Museum, which presents the development of postal and telecommunications services as well as the history of postal transport.
The first written reference to Vyšší Brod dates from the founding charter of the Cistercian monastery dated 1 June 1259. The Cistercian monastery was founded in 1259 by the Rožmberk family. The beginnings of Vyšší Brod are connected with trade along one of the oldest trade routes linking Bohemia with the Danube region.
The Church of St. Bartholomew and its adjoining cemetery in Vyšší Brod are cultural monuments.
Pilgrimage and Trails
Maria Rast is a Marian pilgrimage site with a group of buildings and a Stations of the Cross trail. With 14 stations, it leads there from the parish church in Vyšší Brod and was established in 1898. Today, Maria Rast is part of the newly established Opatská stezka tourist loop, which connects various objects created or remodelled by Vyšší Brod Monastery in the woodland behind the monastery, including an artificial water channel supplying the monastery with water, the waterfalls of Saint Wolfgang and a hammer mill.
Nature and Water
The Čertova stěna-Luč Nature Reserve is located in the vicinity of Vyšší Brod and features a deep river canyon of the Vltava. There, the Vltava flows through a natural channel filled with massive granite blocks and characteristic potholes; this section is known as Čertovy proudy. A navigable section of the Vltava also begins in Vyšší Brod.
Geographical Information
The Vyšší Brod–klášter railway station is about a five-minute walk from the monastery.
Further information about the locality can be found at Lachovice.
To the higher-level travel overview: Český Krumlov District.
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