Chrudim-Hlinsko Region - Technical monuments and planetariums

Technical monuments and planetariums

• Collection of rustic structures in Vysočina - Svobodné Hamry (Soubor lidových staveb Vysočina - Svobodné Hamry) - water iron-mill 
  This is the original iron-mill that was used for the production of iron in the 15th-17th centuries and later on for running the mill.
  Telephone: 469333175
  Address: 539 01, Vysočina - Svobodné Hamry
  
• Collection of rustic structures in Vysočina - Veselý Kopec (Soubor lidových staveb Vysočina - Veselý Kopec) 
  Timber settlements are freely scattered in the original countryside and were brought here from the area of Žďárské vrchy and Železné hory.
  Telephone: 469326415, 469333175
  Address: Veselý kopec
  
• Hampl's mill (Hamplův mlýn) 
  A bakery belonged to the mill long ago. Now the mill belongs to the inheritants of the original owners (restitution in the 1990s). The miller's symbol is noticeable till this day on the mill's builing.
  Address: Klešice
  
• Korečnický mill (Korečnický mlýn) 
  One of the oldest building structures in Doubrava, apparently it is mentioned is foundation charters. Its name is derived from the water wheel with buckets (i.e. boxes between wheels). The Korecnicky (bucket) mill is the home of the writer and journalist Ferdinand Schulze (1835-1935).
  Address: Ronov nad Doubravou
  
• Křižanovice - water works 
  Gravitational, direct dam with a triangular profile from simple vibrated concrete without a protective zone, 130 metres long at the crown. A water electric plant with a Francis turbine is located on the left bank of the Chrudimka River. The reservoir is connected to the Práčov equalization pond by a 3 km long underground pipeline.
  Telephone: 495088111, 469679114
  Address: 538 25, Křižanovice
  
• Lukavice - pyrite mines 
  Pyrite was mined in Lukavice as early as 1620. The depth of the mining shafts reaches 210 metres. Mine entrances have been preserved and information boards introduce visitors to the history of mining.
  Telephone: 469670151
  Address: 538 21, Lukavice
  
• Old lime kiln (Stará vápenka) 
  Lime was produced from the local limestone from 1877 to 1941. Limestone from the quarry in Prachovice was transported for processing using teams of horses and later by rail once the railroad was launched into operation in 1882. In 1948 prohibition was issued on further trade. Thereby all operations on the entire premises of the lime kiln were terminated. At present it is in private ownership.
  Address: Kostelec u Heřmanova Městce
  
• Pařížov - water reservoir 
  Solid quarry stone water reservoir built on the Doubravka river in 1913 serves recreational and fishing purposes. The dam is 31 m high and 142 m long in the crest.
  Telephone: 469662116
  Address: Běstvina
  
• Seč - water reservoir 
  Impounding dam reservoir built on the river Chrudimka in 1925 - 34 serves as a protection against floods and also for recreational and waterworks purposes. The brick dam is 42 m high and 165 m long. Wooden feeder leads to a hydro power plant equipped with Francis turbine. The equalizing reservoir Seč II. was built later, in 1941 - 1947.
  Address: Seč
  
• Seč - water feeder 
  The 2,000 mm water electric plant feeder runs from an independent operating building on the left bank of the dam and ends in the equalizing chamber. 854 m of the total 1280 m length is made of 8 cm thick wood veneer reinforced by steel bands. Wood was used due to the projected softness of the subsoil. Today the length of the wooden pipeline is unique on a European scale.
  Telephone: 469676900
  Address: pod hrází, Seč
  
• Vilemínina Ironworks (Huť Vilemínina) 
  The glassworks were built in the 19th century by glass master František Rükl; the factory served to produce hollow glass. Since 1945 Christmas decorations have been made at the factory.
  Telephone: 469338124
  Address: 539 53, Horní Bradlo
  
• Water power of Korečnický mill (Vodní náhon Korečnického mlýna) 
  Noteworthy technical item of uniqueness, used to create a gradient of over 7 m. It is the greatest gradient ever artificially made in Doubrava. The motor is in the upper part led through a rock tunnel. It is very old and its origin is not known.
  Address: Ronov nad Doubravou
  
• Závratec - lime works 
  The lime works previously served to process raw materials mined in nearby Prachovnice, from where they were transported by an approximately 5 km long basket cableway. Following the Second World War production began to stagnate and was terminated for good in 1960.
  Telephone: 469611112
  Address: 538 43, Závratec-Třemošnice
  
• searched records: 13