Kalek: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Kalek is considered a picturesque mountain settlement with numerous preserved historic houses, babbling streams, and picturesque surroundings consisting of meadows, forest clearings, and moorlands.

Culture and History

St. Wenceslas Church, including the cemetery grounds, is registered as a cultural monument in the central list of cultural monuments of the Czech Republic under registration number 18064/5-534. It was completed in 1702. The access path to the church across the cemetery grounds was made of flat-split stone.

The historical development of Kalek included the production of toys and wooden goods. As early as 1555, there was a hammer mill here for producing sheet metal, probably processing iron ore mined locally. The Czech name “Kalek” is derived from a lime kiln; the fine-grained limestone extracted there was supplied for smelting iron ores.

Nature and Landscape

In the vicinity west of Kalek lies the Bučina na Kienhaidě Nature Reserve. Northeast of Kalek, the Buky a javory v Gabrielce Nature Reserve is located nearby.

Hiking

The Stezka Českem trail in the Chomutov area combines quiet forest sections with open views of the landscape and is suitable for tourists, families with children, and cyclists.

The 17-kilometer Gabrielina Huť circular hiking trail begins in Kalek and leads past the Volárenský Pond, through the Telč Valley, and via Gabrielina Huť. The return route to Kalek then follows the Načetín Stream upstream along the state border.

Other Locality Pages

Other locality pages in the directory: Vadkovice, Kovářská, Libědice, Droužkovice, Horní Halze, Všestudy, Všehrdy, Nezabylice.

To the higher-level travel overview: Chomutov District.