Koroužné: Hotels and Accommodation

Landscape

The Švařec area includes the Švařec National Nature Monument. On the right bank of the Brťovský potok near Švařec, it protects a valuable complex of submontane meadows and pastures with scattered junipers on a steep south-facing slope in the Svratka valley. According to local tradition, the Hastrmanka pond near Koroužné is associated with a water spirit.

History

The history of mining is evident in several places. The Korouženská adit is 104 metres long. Důl sv. Felixe (Zemanovo pole) preserves remains of silver ore mining in Koroužné. These include a shaft hollow about ten metres in diameter, the remains of an inclined shaft and large spoil heaps.

The Chapel of the Holy Trinity stands in Švařec. It was originally a miners’ place of worship dating from the 13th century and has survived to the present day with only a few later structural modifications. It is a state-protected immovable cultural monument and is considered a unique example of vernacular sacred architecture. At the same time, it is closely connected with local mining.

Trails

The Svratecká Water Management Educational Trail runs from Dalečín through the Svratka valley to Švařec. After the section at the Vír II Reservoir, the trail continues through Koroužné and Švařec.

Near Švařec, there is a covered wooden bridge that is 22 metres long and two metres wide. It was repaired in 1982 and is currently described as being in good technical condition.

Location

The Korouženská adit lies about 200 metres northeast of the bridge in Koroužné, at the foot of a steep wooded slope and to the right of the road from Koroužné to Vír. Its entrance is sealed with metal doors; the front section is flooded to a depth of up to one metre.

The entrances to Důl sv. Felixe (Zemanovo pole) have now completely collapsed and are partly filled with waste.

More local pages: Nové Mesto Na Morave, Sklené, Zubří, Saar, Dvořiště, Podolí, Velké Tresné, Tři Studně.

For the higher-level travel overview: Žďár nad Sázavou District.