Excursionis on Saturday, 23 April 2022 

Open pit coal mining region in NW Bohemia featuring visit to:

The Komořany interchange

- 100 thousand cu. m. of fly ash fill

Chateau Jezeří

-saved from destruction by diversion of the open pit mining front

The Ervěnice corridor

- over 100 m high earth fill between two mine pits carrying on its crest a motorway, a railway and a river

Gothic church of Ascension of Virgin Mary

- from the old town of Most which was saved by shifting for 850 m

timeline:

8:00

Departure from Prague

10:00

Chateau Jezeří in the Ore Mountains

10:00 - 11:30

A tour of the chateau, views of the mining area at the Czechoslovak Army Grand Quarry

11:30 - 12:30

Drive over the Komořany interchange built of ash, via the Ervěnice corridor to Most

12:30

A tour of the gothic church of Ascension of Virgin Mary, which has been moved in year 1975 by 850 m from the old Most, now demolished

13:30

Lunch in the restaurant U Svatého Ducha

14:30

Departure to Prague

16:30

Arrival to Prague

Feel free to register via the Online Services Portal

Price: 100 EUR incl. transportation and lunch