Krupka: Hotels and Accommodations

The Krupka Mining Landscape is a well-preserved relic mining landscape shaped by intensive tin mining and the remains of hundreds of mines dating from the 14th to the 20th century. It is considered the oldest tin-mining area in the Ore Mountains and contributed to the development and transfer of techniques for extracting tin ores in the Ore Mountains and Central Europe.

Mining History

In the Steinknochen mining district, numerous remains preserve traces of historic mining. These include buried shaft and adit entrances, as well as distinctive terraced spoil heaps. More than 150 tin mines operated here from the Middle Ages until the beginning of the 19th century.

The medieval mining town of Krupka is also home to numerous valuable ecclesiastical and secular buildings, particularly from the 14th to the 17th century. Krupka Castle was built at the beginning of the 14th century as a guard fortress to protect the trade route to Saxony, the tin mines, and the developing town.

Culture

The Basilica of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady is surrounded by cloisters with seven chapels and features elaborate Baroque furnishings. A guide welcomes visitors in the Chapel of St. Wolfgang and provides information about its history and present day. An exhibition there informs visitors about the Krupka Mining Landscape as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The educational programme “Krupka – hlavní město cínu” takes place in Krupka’s authentic historic setting. It includes group activities and presentations on the society and architecture of the mining town, as well as tin ore extraction.

Museums

The Starý Martin Adit operates year-round as a mining museum with a permanent exhibition of historic and modern mining technology. Minerals, mine lamps, breathing apparatus, and work tools are also on display. The Krupka Firefighting Museum is housed in a restored Baroque vicarage and presents historic firefighting technology, as well as historic equipment and furnishings, in eight themed exhibition rooms.

The Krupka Toy Museum offers interactive elements where visitors can try out some of the toys or take part in creative activities.

Castle and Trails

Krupka Castle has a lookout tower with panoramic views of Krupka and Teplice. The grounds of Krupka Castle are freely accessible year-round. The entire site of the Kyšperk castle ruins is a separate matter: access is prohibited until further notice because of falling masonry.

The cable car from Bohosudov to Komáří vížka is the oldest passenger aerial tramway still in operation in the Czech Republic. A 4.3 km hiking trail leads from Bohosudov railway station to Kyšperk. A blue-marked tourist route also runs from Komáří vížka via Fojtovice to the state border with Germany.

Further destinations: Dubí, Srbice, Hrob, Muschelberg, Bystřany, Jeníkov, Košťany, Duchcov

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