3 – Filipova Huť and the Golden Road in the Middle Ages
Over the plain between the scattered houses of Filipova Huť, the medieval Golden Road used to lead back towards today’s Modrava-Kvilda road. Due to the terrain, no remains have been preserved. The Golden Road turns at today’s Rendlová boarding house towards the “Preisleithe” forest and then to Modrava.
Since the 2nd half of the 14th century, the commodities transported on the Golden Road were similar to the ones transporten on the neighbouring Golden Trail – to Bohemia from the south, through Passau it was salt and luxury items from the south (spices, wine, fabrics, weapons, etc.), in the other direction mainly corn and other foodstuffs (malt, hop, cheese, fat, tallow), but also barrels of salted herring from Baltic cities. Tariffs meant profits for the Bavarian duke, but also for villages on the road. Just like other trade routes back then did, it attracted thieves; for example in 1402, a Prague merchant was robbed on the Golden Road.
Area, nature, personalities, events
Šumava’s plains
This geomorphological subunit in the middle of Šumava is considered one of the oldest remain of Europe’s paleo relief. It endured because of its seclusion from Europe’s main erosion base.
Their character is one of flat highlands – even surface on the area of 450 km2 has survived because of lack of water flow erosion. It was pushed up into an unusuall height (over 1000 m) by mountain building processes. Above the described peneplain, round peaks tower at over 1200 m. The valleys are usually shallow and open, often filled with peatbogs. One the northern border of the plains is more structured – especially Svojššká highland, which is divided by canyons of the Vydra and Křemelná rivers.
Since the 2nd half of the 14th century, the commodities transported on the Golden Road were similar to the ones transporten on the neighbouring Golden Trail – to Bohemia from the south, through Passau it was salt and luxury items from the south (spices, wine, fabrics, weapons, etc.), in the other direction mainly corn and other foodstuffs (malt, hop, cheese, fat, tallow), but also barrels of salted herring from Baltic cities. Tariffs meant profits for the Bavarian duke, but also for villages on the road. Just like other trade routes back then did, it attracted thieves; for example in 1402, a Prague merchant was robbed on the Golden Road.
Area, nature, personalities, events
Šumava’s plains
This geomorphological subunit in the middle of Šumava is considered one of the oldest remain of Europe’s paleo relief. It endured because of its seclusion from Europe’s main erosion base.
Their character is one of flat highlands – even surface on the area of 450 km2 has survived because of lack of water flow erosion. It was pushed up into an unusuall height (over 1000 m) by mountain building processes. Above the described peneplain, round peaks tower at over 1200 m. The valleys are usually shallow and open, often filled with peatbogs. One the northern border of the plains is more structured – especially Svojššká highland, which is divided by canyons of the Vydra and Křemelná rivers.
Geomorphology of Šumava – Šumava’s plains
After the end of the Golden Road and the Golden Trail
Filipova Huť got its name after the owner of the Prášily estate count Filip Kinský. It was one of the subject villages to the Prášily estate. It is situated on a wide plain in the height of 1903 meters above sea level, lined with clearly visible belts of Šumava and Bavarian forest with two dominant peaks of Roklan. Filipova Huť is our highest situated settlement. In 1785, a glassworks which made hollow glass was established and a village grew around it. After the glassworks closed at the end of the 18th century, loggers settled here. After the completion of the Vchynice-tetov channel in 1800, 17 houses for the families of lumberjacks were built in the village.
Filipova Huť got its name after the owner of the Prášily estate count Filip Kinský. It was one of the subject villages to the Prášily estate. It is situated on a wide plain in the height of 1903 meters above sea level, lined with clearly visible belts of Šumava and Bavarian forest with two dominant peaks of Roklan. Filipova Huť is our highest situated settlement. In 1785, a glassworks which made hollow glass was established and a village grew around it. After the glassworks closed at the end of the 18th century, loggers settled here. After the completion of the Vchynice-tetov channel in 1800, 17 houses for the families of lumberjacks were built in the village.