Kraví hora, Observation tower in Bořetice, Czech Republic

Kraví hora is a wooden observation tower north of Bořetice, built in 2006 and shortened to 10.5 m during a 2025 repair, with its viewing platform at 7.5 m reached by stairs. A roofed gallery tops the structure, and a small chapel decorated with Slovácko motifs stands beside it.

A tower was first considered for this spot in 2004 and built two years later, after Bořetice won the national Village of the Year competition in 2005; it opened on 11 June 2006. In 2025 the owner, the association Republika Kraví hora, closed it in poor structural condition, then repaired it instead of demolishing it, shortening it and replacing the roof and landings.

The tower was built to mark Bořetice's 2005 victory in the national Village of the Year competition, and the village funded most of its 2025 repair with a 300,000 CZK grant. Beside it stands a small chapel of the Boží muka type decorated with Slovácko motifs, set in a garden behind a wooden fence.

The tower stands north of Bořetice; a narrow asphalt lane winding between vineyards leads to it, marked with directional signs, and cars can drive up. The tower was closed in June 2025 for structural reasons and reopened after repairs in November 2025, when it was shortened to 10.5 m with the viewing platform at 7.5 m.

The tower was built in 2006 to mark Bořetice's victory in the 2005 Village of the Year contest. After structural problems closed it, the planned demolition was dropped: it was shortened, given a new roof and platforms, and reopened in November 2025 at 10.5 m with a 7.5 m viewing platform; the repair cost 370,000 CZK, of which the village contributed 300,000.