Tichá/Oppolz:

Remains of the Gothic fort later used for a local brewery. The fort is today privately owned and in a poor condition.

Pohoří na Šumavě/Buchers

Destroyed village in the most Southern edge of the Southern Bohemia. It gained a wide spread reputation for its locally produced paintings on glass. In 1930 it counted 558 residents. Its German population was, similarly to Cetviny/Zettwing, expatriated after the war, however, new residents were brought in and the place was inhabited until the beginning of the 70-ies. It has had a church which collapsed on May 30, 1999. Nowadays this former village is administered from the nearby Pohorska Ves. Four new houses have been constructed there recently.

Ponds

To be able to leverage the forests in the region a local system of channels to flow the woods was developed. Five ponds were made part of that system: Kapelunk, Pohorský, Zlatá Ktiš, Huťský a Uhlišťský.

Zlatá Ktiš

Huťský rybník

Uhlišťský rybník

Kapelunk

Nové Hrady/Gratzen

Traditional center of Novohradské mountains with recently restored castle and monastery. In the valley located directly underneath the town, there is a natural preserve Theresia Valley, a park with numerous foreign trees and an artificial waterfall established in 18th century by Theresia Buquoy. On one edge of the park, there is a mediaveal fortress Cuknštejn established in 1490.

Dobrá voda/Brünnl

Traditional pilgrim place with a Baroque Virgin Mary church and a healing water The church is a magnificent building which can be seen from far away.

Links to interesting sites:

Official homepages of all villages and towns in the region, including pictures of places of interest and biking trails

http://www.ckrumlov.cz/cz1250/region/obce/i_seznam.htm

http://www.ckrumlov.cz/cz1250/seznamy/t_obrrhi.htm

http://www.ckrumlov.cz/cz1250/region/soucas/t_ciktur.htm

Homepages of the two largest towns in the region:

http://navsteva.kaplice.zde.cz/

http://www.ckrumlov.cz/cz1250/region/obce/i_kaplic.htm

http://www.novehrady.cz/

http://www.domek.cz/clanky/toulavy/hradyzamky/nove_hrady/default.htm

To help the navigation between Czech and German names of the places, the following dictionary can be helpful:

http://www.ckrumlov.cz/uk/region/histor/t_cnslop.htm

Last, but not least, useful links to sites that deal with the topic of the Czech border regions inhabited by the German population before WW2

http://www.antikomplex.cz

http://www.pohranici.cz