The westernmost point of the Czech Republic

It doesn't go any further west.

From the center of Štítary, we are guided by a cycle path and a green-marked tourist route. If we want to save about two kilometers of walking, we can continue by car on the asphalt road beyond Štítary to the place where the road ends. The entire route will take us through the territory of the extinct village of Újezd (Märing), which, in addition to its own center, consisted of a number of farms and hamlets: Horní Ves (Oberdorf), Dolní Ves (Unterdorf) and Kout (Winkel). It was a purely peasant enclave that was established at the end of the 12th or 13th century. The area here was one of the most popular hunting grounds of the Zedtwitz family.

Symbol on the Bridge of Europe

We walk through pastures lined with dense forests on the horizon to the center of the former village, which is commemorated by a monument to those who fell in the First World War. There was also a one-class school nearby. After about two kilometers, the trail will bring us to the Mlýnský stream and a modest wooden bridge, but of deep symbolic significance. The Bridge of Europe, which was built in 2008, connects the Czech and German sides of the border and commemorates the Czech Republic's entry into the Schengen area. The descendants of the drowned miller were mainly responsible for its construction. It is not far from the Bridge of Europe to the destination of our journey. The trail runs along the stream through a beautiful dense forest, but is not very suitable for people with reduced mobility, because it is interwoven with a dense tangle of roots and sometimes minor uneven terrain must be overcome. But now we are really at the westernmost point of the Czech Republic, marked by a historical landmark from 1844.