Breitenbach – Winter Sports, River Landscape and Culture

Breitenbach offers views of specific destinations combining winter sports, river landscapes and architectural heritage. In Potůčky, these points of interest range from Ski areál Potůčky and Údolí Černé to nearby mountains, as well as churches and monasteries in the surrounding area and the wider region.

Winter Sports

Ski areál Potůčky offers evening skiing. The children's slope is 120 m long, and the children's lift is also 120 m long. One slope at Ski areál Potůčky is 550 m long and has an elevation difference of 100 m. The Potůčky zastávka railway stop is 200 m from the lift at Ski areál Potůčky.

The measurements given refer to different components of Ski areál Potůčky: the children's slope and children's lift are each 120 m long, while the longer slope is described as 550 m long with an elevation difference of 100 m. The winter sports offering also includes evening skiing. The distance from the lift to Potůčky zastávka railway stop is explicitly stated as 200 m.

Nature

In Údolí Černé, the valley narrows and deepens at the point where the river reaches harder granite. There, the water flows over large granite blocks. Grey alder, grey wagtail, white-throated dipper and Eurasian water shrew occur along the banks of Údolí Černé. The natural features therefore combine the valley's form, the course of the river, the granite and the riverside fauna within a clearly defined landscape area.

Mountains

Rabenberg is a mountain in the vicinity of Potůčky. Buchschachtel-Berg is also a mountain in the vicinity of Potůčky. Scheffelsberg is a mountain in the vicinity of Potůčky. Fastenberg is likewise a mountain in the vicinity of Potůčky. Each of these landscape names refers to a separate mountain within this nearby geographical area.

Culture

Schlackenwerth Monastery is located in the wider regional area around Potůčky. St. John the Baptist Parish Church, a church in the vicinity of Potůčky, is located in Albernau. The former Franciscan monastery in Annaberg-Buchholz lies in the wider regional area around Potůčky. St. Nicolai Church in Aue is likewise located in the wider regional area around Potůčky.

The Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary is a stone church built in 1911. It was constructed according to a design by the Karlovy Vary architect Karel Mattusch. The building is attributed to Historicism and Art Nouveau, adding a precisely dated sacred building with a named designer to the monasteries and churches in the surrounding area.

The cultural destinations differ in their geographical references: Albernau is assigned to the vicinity of Potůčky, while Schlackenwerth Monastery, the former Franciscan monastery in Annaberg-Buchholz and St. Nicolai Church in Aue are located in the wider regional area. The historical status of the Franciscan monastery as a former monastery is retained.

Further Places

In the same broader locality area, you will also find Bärringen, Abertham, Stiedra), Landeck, Chiesch, Gängerhof, Gießhübel B. Buchau and Töppeles.

To the broader travel overview: Karlsbad District.