Falkenau An Der Eger: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
A particularly vivid introduction is Sokolov Castle: around 1730, its grounds were designed in the style of a French garden with elaborate sculptural decoration.
Culture and History
Sokolov Castle is a four-winged, two-storey building with four towers and a fountain in its enclosed courtyard. Since 1960, it has housed a museum with regional exhibitions on minerals, porcelain, flora and fauna, the Nostitz family, and modern mining history.
The Capuchin monastery complex of Saint Anthony of Padua in Sokolov is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic and includes the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua. Following its reconstruction, the church has served as a concert and exhibition hall.
The protected complex of the Church of Saint James the Greater includes the church, stairs, an enclosure, statues of Saint John of Nepomuk and Saint James, and the associated plots of land. The church is a single-nave, rectangular building with a west tower, a presbytery, a sacristy, a chapel, and an oratory.
Landscape and Water
Sokolov lies at the confluence of the Ohře and Svatava rivers; the Lobezský stream also runs through the town.
Husovy sady is an important landscape feature in the centre of Sokolov and preserves part of the former castle garden and the former pheasantry, with ponds and other bodies of water. The Městský okruh cycle path runs through Husovy sady and can be extended to Lake Michal, a natural bathing area created on the site of a former open-cast lignite mine.
Getting Around and Views
The Hard lookout tower is a replica of the original lookout tower from 1907, built in 2000–2001. It was reopened and made accessible to the public in 2001; its summit is reached via 55 steps, and from there the view extends across Sokolov and the Ore Mountains.
Other Places
More information about the area: Hrušková.
For the higher-level travel overview: Falkenau An Der Eger District.
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