Lookout tower on Smrk

Originally standing at this site was a wooden, 20 m high lookout tower crowning the peak since August 21, 1892. An interesting detail is the fact that sufficiently long and straight tree trunks did not grow on Smrk, so necessity being the mother of invention, they built the four-story structure down in the valley and carried it up to the top piece by piece. This lookout tower was operational for an unbelievable 50 years, a remarkably long time for such a structure. Soon after the war - in 1946 - the tower burnt down and it wasn’t until September 20, 2003 that the opening ceremony was held for a new, iron lookout tower.