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