jaro gruber ;-): dux (duchcov), sudetes, CZ

Sunday, March 24, 2024

dux (duchcov), sudetes, CZ

what an interesting (it means not really nice, you see?) break in duchcov (dux) on the way to erzgebirge (saxony). well, we've planned to stop in the nearby spa teplice, but we were already to hungry + needed a break + have seen a sign on the road about a castle in dux, so we changed our minds and stopped here ...

well, dux as well as the whole sudetes (sudeten/sudety) region, especially in the northwest czech republic, have seen their best days long time ago, if you asked me ... there was not much built-up after the germans were expelled at the end of WWII and the downfall is omnipresent everywhere. even the originally nice castle + church need thoroughgoing restauration or at least a fairly paint from outside ... anyway, the small city center was easy to reach, with free parking at the town hall square (maybe because it was sunday), the castle and the most restaurants were closed, but we have found a bistro ... i've ordered 'svickova', what in my opinion shoud be a piece of beef like a steak in some cream sauce, but it was a mincemeat (hackfleisch) instead ... it somehow fits to the overall downfall of the region, doesnt it?

as we stayed in saxony at the german-czech border 1 week, we later came twice to the hunter restaurant hubert in mikulov (niklasberg) from the czech side of the ore mountains (erzgebirge, krusne hory) and enjoyed the food, friendly personnel and the tasty gambrinus beer from pilsen (since 1869).

let's enjoy few camera impressions 😊

dux castle - schloss dux - zamek duchcov. closed.

cafe casanova? yes, giacomo casanova stayed few days in dux.

town hall's square

museum. closed.

= the idea how we came here meets dux's beautiful coat of arms😆

restaurant. closed.

some old nice stuff aka palace from outside. closed.

some old nice stuff aka palace from inside. closed.

the 2nd church at a small lake, but no houses around => ???

private houses? nice.

castle's park from behind the castle #1

castle's park from behind the castle #2 => arts?

castle's park from behind the castle #3 => so decayed, so sad 😭

what a nice building! what a nice clouds!

ruins in the northwestern czech republic

back to the market square

town hall (left) + todays administration office (right)

what a nice facade ... hey, you!😃

one of the many industrial ruins in the northwestern czech republic

lets jump over the ore mountains (erzgebirge, krusne hory) back to germany

pension + restaurant hubert in mikulov (niklasberg)

the alkaline (basic) beer gambrinus, named by the king of beers🍺

btw, is gambrinus the brother of bacchus (dionysus), the god of wines?🍷

good-bye, hubert 🍻

when in the border area, then it is interesting to study some history abt the nations in the region => here the nations in czechoslovakia 1921. source: wikipedia.DE

germans in czechoslovakia. the dark red + blue areas contain german population of over 70%. the black ones in slovakia where my parents were born even 90%-100%. yes, the germans lived nice with and among all other nations from 13th century till 1945 => so sad ... source: wikipedia.DE