Horní Planá

Arnoštov Forest Administration
Arnoštov čp. 40,
obec Křišťanov, 383 01 Prachatice
Ing. Keltner Martin
Telephone: +420 605 206 757
Email: martin.keltner@vls.cz

Chvalšiny Forest Administration
Chvalšiny čp. 251,
382 08 Chvalšiny
Ing. Tomáš Smutek
Telephone: +420 739 485 208
Email: tomas.smutek@vls.cz

Horní Planá Forest Administration
Hodňov čp. 25,
382 26 Horní Planá
Ing. Janovský Lukáš
Telephone: +420 739 532 183
Email: lukas.janovsky@vls.cz

Nová Pec Forest Administration
Nové Chalupy,
384 62 Nová Pec
Ing. Kočí Martin
Tel.: +420 731 137 692
E-mail: martin.koci@vls.cz

Service Management
Hodňov čp. 25,
382 26 Horní Planá
Renata Keltnerová
Tel.: +420 731 137 627
Email: vaclav.kysela@vls.cz

Olšina Recreational facilities
Olšina čp. 338, obec Boletice,
382 26 Horní Planá
Ing. Simona Kutláková
Tel.: +420 954 002 591
Email: simona.kutlakova@vls.cz

With regard to gamekeeping, the Horní Planá division manages five hunting districts with a total area of 26,342 ha. The largest hunting district, Knížecí stolec, is home to red deer, roe deer, wild boar and, marginally, fallow deer. It is the only hunting district of VLS ČR s. p. where large predators – common lynx – occur. A permanent population of black grouse also lives here.
The same species can also be found in the Nová Pec hunting district, connected with the Šumava National Park, as well as in the Vimperk hunting district. In the other hunting districts managed by the division (Homole Forest and Bechyně), only roe deer is normalized and wild boar is hunted.
The annual catch is around 1,400 cloven-hoofed animals.

Hunting districts

Hunting lodges

The territory administered by the VLS Horní Planá Division and its surroundings offers extraordinary tourist experiences from Šumava. The location of the Boletice Military District, its nature as well as good position not far from Lipno, Schwarzenberg canal, Vltavský luh and popular targets in the national park will enable you to combine the popular hiking targets with the discovering of not as well-known places in Šumava. The locations administered by VLS are unique even within Šumava in many respects, and this is mainly because they have been protected against intense human activity as a military district for decades. Therefore, we want to make these beauties available to visitors as much as it is allowed by nature conservation and the training programme in Boletice.

Hiking and cycle routes in Boletice

Hiking routes and cycle routes in the Boletice Military District were opened mainly in the last few years, but they won the hearts of the public immediately. They offer an unusual experience of the lesser-known virgin nature as well as very attractive views of Šumava.

List of routes

We recommend

Circuit around Špičák (12 km)
The blue hiking route leads through Maňávka – Stará Huť – Liščí kámen – Vlčí kámen – Kapradinec – Maňávka. A twelve-kilometre track around the 1221-meter-high peak of Špičák at Horní Planá was opened in 2013 by Vojenské lesy a statky ČR (VLS). It is a route that offers views of the surroundings of the Lipno dam. The whole route mainly runs through spruce forests on paved roads, with quite heavy risings in some places. In places with an interesting view or places suitable for resting, we established nine rest points with wooden benches. Six of them can be found on the eastern part of the route with an extensive view of the meadows, forests and the Lipno dam, two of them being located at a chapel in the place of the former glass-making settlement of Stará Huť. The seventh resting bench is located near Liščí kámen and the last two benches can be found at the Špičák hunting lodge.

Route start, parking, transportation: The route starts at the intersection of tourist routes Maňávka, which can be reached by tourist routes from Horní Plana or from our Olšina recreational facility. We established car parks there too. Those who prefer trains can use the Hodňov forest train stop at the Olšina pond dam on the picturesque Šumava route from Český Krumlov to Volary.

Circuit to Knížecí stolec with a wooden observation tower (14 km)
The trek ascending over four hundred elevation meters will reward you with a view, which has no rivals in the Český Krumlov region – you will see the whole Šumava border area and, in the case of good visibility, even the distant Alps. The route to Knížecí stolec in the Boletice military district is open to the public on weekends and holidays. However, you must adhere to the strict rule of following the marked path running through the military training area.

The track starts on the edge of the military district near a Schwarzenberg gamekeepers’ lodge in Uhlíkov nad Záhvozdím, not far from the main road from Horní Planá to Volary, through the valley of the upper reaches of the Vltava River. From that point, a blue hiking mark ascends through the valley of the Uhlíkovský brook and runs over paved roads mainly through forests. Right at the car park, you will find a nature trail board which is part of the route. From that point, the route continues to Adolfův kámen and then to Knížecí stolec, passing by various rock formations. Over the last few hundreds of meters towards the peak of the 1236-meter-high mountain, there is a steep rise over a bare slope: a consequence of the Kyrill storm that caused that there are no forested areas on Knížecí stolec and its surroundings. Ironically, this reality opens an unusual view of the surroundings on its peak, being enhanced by the six-meter-high wooden observation tower, erected by Vojenské lesy a statky. From the peak, the blue mark runs on a rocky trail towards the Skalka intersection with a sheltered resting place and another information board. The route then runs down towards the edge of the Boletice military district. In the end, you will leave the military district in the same place where you started – at the Uhlíkov gamekeepers’ lodge.

Route start, parking, transportation: There is a car park past the village of Záhvozdí, at the gamekeepers’ lodge in Uhlíkov. You can get to Knížecí stolec on a cycle path from the village of Arnoštov, where another car park was built. Not far from the starting point of the route, there is the Želnava, Záhvozdí bus stop.

The Horní Planá Division administers Olšina, the highest fish pond in the country, as well as a wide range of other bodies of water. Sport fishermen can primarily use the Nový pond, as well as Malá Olšina, which, however, is intended only for guests of the Olšina recreational facility.