Breitenbach: River Landscape, Mountains and Winter Sports

Breitenbach combines winter sports, a distinctive river landscape and destinations with ecclesiastical and monastic history. The focus is on the Potůčky Ski Area and the Údolí Černé; several mountains in the immediate vicinity, as well as cultural destinations in the wider region, round out the selection. If you are looking for accommodation in Breitenbach, you can choose between evening skiing, observing nature along the water and exploring regional architectural and monastic history as the focus of your stay.

Winter sports at the Potůčky Ski Area

The Potůčky Ski Area offers evening skiing. One slope is 550 m long and has a vertical drop of 100 m. There is also a 120 m-long children's slope and a 120 m-long children's lift. When planning your day, you can consider the longer slope, the children's area and evening skiing as separate focuses. The measurements describe the facilities specifically without implying anything about the level of difficulty. This creates a sequence of longer descents, shorter sections in the children's area and a later time slot for winter sports.

The Potůčky zastávka railway stop is 200 m from the lift at the Potůčky Ski Area. For your initial orientation, this distance provides a clear reference between the stop and the lift.

Granite, water and wildlife in the Údolí Černé

In the Údolí Černé, the valley narrows and deepens 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. Thus, the rock landscape and the animal and plant life meet directly along this section of the river—a distinct natural feature alongside the winter sports offerings. Winter sports and the river landscape appeal to different interests for the day: at the ski slope, physical activity takes center stage, while in the valley the focus is on closely observing the rock, water and life along the banks.

The area around Potůčky also includes four mountains: Rabenberg, Buchschachtel-Berg, Scheffelsberg and Fastenberg. The four names add reference points for regional planning to the natural setting and extend the river landscape with further landmarks.

Churches and monasteries in the wider region

Destinations with different geographical connections are available for the cultural and architectural part of your stay. Schlackenwerth Monastery is a monastery in the wider regional surroundings of Potůčky. Albernau, Parish Church of St. John, is a church in the vicinity of Potůčky. Aue, St. Nicolai Church, is also a church in the wider regional surroundings of Potůčky. Annaberg-Buchholz, former Franciscan monastery, is a former Franciscan monastery in the wider regional surroundings of Potůčky. For this destination, its status as a former Franciscan monastery is explicitly part of the designation.

The Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary was built as a stone church in 1911, based on a design by the Carlsbad architect Karel Mattusch in the Historicist and Art Nouveau styles. At this building, you can therefore focus on the construction date, the material, the architect and the combination of the two styles. Those wishing to combine nature and winter sports with culture can experience a change between landscape experiences and sacred or monastic architecture.

More destinations for orientation

For further orientation, you can also visit Neudek, Pirkenhammer, Merkelsgrün, Wickwitz, Abertham, Pechöfen, Welchau and Sankt Joachimsthal.

To the overarching travel overview: Karlsbad District.