Köglerova naučná stezka, Educational trail in Krásná Lípa, Czech Republic.
Köglerova naučná stezka is a roughly 23 km circular nature trail that starts and ends behind the House of Bohemian Switzerland in Krásná Lípa. It follows the original 12 km route from Vápenka through Kyjov and the Kyjov valley to Vlčí Hora, marked by 39 information panels in Czech and German.
Rudolf Kögler created this trail in 1941 as the first nature-based educational path in the Czech Republic. After World War II it was abandoned, but it was restored and reopened in 2006 for public use.
The trail is named after Rudolf Kögler of Zahrady u Krásné Lípy, who marked it and re-erected 70 wooden boards with German texts each spring. Panels today are bilingual in Czech and German, and the route passes the timber-framed houses of the region and the ruin of Krásný Buk.
Visitors can collect trail maps from the information center in Krásná Lípa town square and break the walk into smaller sections to suit their pace. Wear comfortable shoes and allow time to read the information at each station.
The relief map Rudolf Kögler built in 1935 from local rocks was opened to the public in 1937 with an alpine climber and is listed as a cultural monument. It stands in the village of Zahrady and forms station 35 of the trail, labelled Geologická mapa.
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