Frýdštejn Castle Ruins – Malá Skála and Pantheon Castle loop from přírodní rezervace Bučiny u Rakous

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Liberecký kraj

Frýdštejn Castle Ruins – Malá Skála and Pantheon Castle loop from přírodní rezervace Bučiny u Rakous

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Frýdštejn Castle Ruins – Malá Skála and Pantheon Castle loop from přírodní rezervace Bučiny u Rakous

03:13

10.6km

330m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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874 m

View of Trosky Castle from the Český Ráj lookout

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Lonely viewing plateau with a view over the Bohemian Paradise to Trosky Castle

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1.13 km

Drábovna

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Former rock castle Drábovna. Sandstone plateau with remains of former settlement. In the Middle Ages there may have been a watchtower guarding the old trade route in the Jizera Valley.

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4.23 km

Frýdštejn Castle Ruins

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Consistently closes 5pm in summer. But it is also nice to look at from the outside. It is best to connect to the Vranov castle ruins and park at the Frydstejn cultural center

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5.60 km

Monuments and Stone Archway Between Friedstein and Vranov

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5.67 km

Small Pantheon Rock Formation – South Face

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TIP: The following book describes the hikes in the Jizera Mountains, Giant Mountains and the Bohemian Paradise (Český ráj) and the entire region in detail:

Giant Mountains - Bohemian Paradise

A travel guide for Bohemia with hikes in the Giant Mountains - Jizera Mountains - Bohemian Paradise

& with a long-distance hike from Zittau to Jičín in the Bohemian Paradise

Information about the book & possibility to order (free shipping):

reise-karhu.de/reisebuecher/riesengebirge-boehmisches-paradies.html

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5.68 km

Outer Gate of the Pantheon

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6.77 km

Malá Skála and Pantheon Castle

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This place, as always, passed from hand to hand. The first mention of this place dates back to 1422, but its southern part was founded as an independent village of Vranové already at the end of the 14th century. I will omit some details about who and how long this land belonged to. These details are not very interesting in my opinion, they are quickly forgotten and can be found on Wikipedia.
The more interesting part of this story begins in 1802. Then this estate was bought by the textile industrialist Franz Zacharias Remis, who turned the entire area into a unique natural park and built a monument to all the heroes on the ruins of an old castle, a pantheon dominated by a neo-Gothic summer house in 1826. The rock sculptures were created by the sculptor Frantisek Petrich. However, Franz Zacharia Remisch went down in the history of Malá Skála not only as the romantic builder of the pantheon, but also as the enlightened founder of schools and foundations. This can be said and is the historical dawn of this place.

But the views around the Pantheon are much more interesting. They are simply stunningly beautiful. If you are in this place, be sure not to be too lazy to go around it (along the tourist paths) and look at it from different angles.

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6.98 km

View of Vranov Castle (Pantheon) from Malá Skála

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Malá Skála, nicer place on the Jizera.
Part of the Bohemian Paradise.
Nice break places on the river.
Nice view of the rock castle Vranov with the famous Pantheon.
More information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A1_Sk%C3%A1la, de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felsenburg_Vranov and cesky-raj.info /dr-de/1348-burgruine-vranov-pantheon.html

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