Hiking trail - Zlaté Hory – Rejvíz

Length: 19,2 km
Dificulty: medium
Circle: NO, Marking: partialy marked

This trip starts on the square in Zlaté Hory and continues along the blue touristic track around the sanatorium to the forest through which it climbs up along an asphalt road to the mine Pod Zámeckým Vrchem. There it turns and steeply climbs up to the ruin of Edelštejn castle. From the castle it continues by a forest path to the crossroad of Svatá Anna and then to the right over Výr hill to the top of Hřeben. It continues on the ridge and from Táborské Skály it starts to descend to meadows above the settlement called Horní Údolí and to the settlement. It turns right behind the church and climbs up to the ridge and by the blue track through Starý Rejvíz to the beginning of Revíz village. By the car road it continues to the hunting cottage Rejvíz from where it is possible to continue by the educational track to Velké Mechové Jezírko (Big Moss Lake).

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Dist.	Location	Elevation	Marking	Description
0,0	Zlaté Hory	409 m n.m.
3,8	Pod Zámeckým vrchem	597 m n.m.
5,0	Castle Edelštejn	691 m n.m.
5,6	Sv. Anna chapel	678 m n.m.		Crossroad with yellow tourist route
6,6	Výr	804 m n.m.
10,5	Ruins of St. Marta	773 m n.m.
11,9	Horní Údolí	639 m n.m.		Crossroad with red tourist route
16,4	Rejvíz	750 m n.m.
18,0	Rejvíz u hájovny	806 m n.m.
19,2	Velké mechové jezírko	774 m n.m.

	Zlaté Hory – The historical center is a protected monumental zone with several renaissance and baroque houses and sacral buildings. Among the most important sights are the building of the old post, nowadays used by the town museum, churches and ruins of castles Edelštehn, Leuchtenštejn and Kobrštejn.
	Edelštejn castle – Between Zlaté Hory and Heřmanovice there is a long hillside of Příčný Vrch and on one of its peaks the castle Edelštejn used to stand. Today there are only ruins of ramparts and bases of the tower.
	Deserted chapel of St.Anne – There is as sacred spring and Calvary not far from the deserted chapel. The ruin of St.Marta’s chapel – A part of the fresco above the altar is still possible to see. Horní Údolí – Many examples of local folk architecture form 19th century. The seven folk houses are a part of a protected monumental heritage.
	Rejvíz – The highest placed settlement in the area located in the middle of a romantic country of deep woods. It has been declared a monumental zone thanks to the folk architecture from 19th century.
	Velké Mechové Jezírko (The Big Moss Lake) – The Big and the Small Moss Lakes are the center of the biggest natural reserve in Silesia. The age of the peat-bog has been estimated to be about 6-7 thousand years. It is only accessible by marked paths to keep the reserve. There is an educational trail leading through all the way to the big lake. The trail gives information on local plants and animals and it starts by Rejvíz cottage.

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Lake Velké mechové jezírko in reserve Rejvíz

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