Karel Jaromír Erben educational trail
The K. J. Erben educational trail (1st part) begins in the writer’s family home. An information notice which briefly presents the personality of K. J. Erben to you is located here. Another stop is located at the well on Koš, where a statue of the noonday witch and a bench is located. The third stop is called Execution Ground, according to its actual purpose, when King Premysl Otakar II. introduced capital punishment to the town. The events in this place inspired Erben to write the ballad The Daughter’s Curse. The fourth place is called “Hey! The lord is coming from the forest.....”; here, as well as a notice and a seating area, there’s a wooden statue of a lord who watches K. J. Erben’s family home. The ballad “The Golden Spinning Wheel” is connected to this place. The fifth stop is Miletínské Lázně [Miletín Baths], where people came to be cured. There’s also a mention here of Erben’s friend, K. H. Mácha. The next stop is called Through the Eyes of K. J. Erben. Here, the visitor gets a unique opportunity to compare the existing view with a period perspective. There’s a pillar here with a cross from the year 1811 - the year when K. J. Erben was born. The seventh place is called Following the Ancestors’ Footsteps - the Cemetery; here, you will get information about Erben’s family, some of whom are buried in the local cemetery. The second-last stop - Towards Erben’s Face - is devoted to the monument to K. J. Erben and its history. The last stop is Parkáň; inside the tower you will find information about the school, monastery, castle etc..
An overview of the individual stops in the first part of the tour:
1. Family home
2. The well on Koš
3. Execution ground
4. Hey! The lord is coming from the forest...
5. Miletín baths
6. Through the eyes of K. J. Erben
7. Following the Ancestors’ Footsteps - the Cemetery
8. Towards Erben’s face
9. Parkáň
10. Kytice
