{"id":39046,"date":"2017-04-19T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=39046"},"modified":"2017-04-19T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T16:44:57","slug":"na-konci-cesty-geocache-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/na-konci-cesty-geocache-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Na konci cesty \u2014 Geocache of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mystery<\/dt>\n
GC4QKMP<\/a><\/dd>\n
by Bu\u010d\u00e1ci<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Difficulty:<\/dt>\n
3<\/dd>\n
Terrain:<\/dt>\n
2<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
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Location:<\/dt>\n
Plzensky kraj, Czech Republic<\/dd>\n
N 50\u00b0 00.401 E 013\u00b0 09.125<\/dd>\n
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\"St.
St. George’s Church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lukova, Czech Republic is an idyllic country village with a population of 700. There you will find an old abandoned church from the 14th century that has seen better days. Local Petr Koukl knows the church well:<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no question the [St. George\u2019s] church has seen a lot: it suffered several fires, it was allegedly damaged by the Husittes<\/a>, it was rebuilt several times. The last straw, though, was the collapse of part of the ceiling during a funeral service in 1968 which chased the mourners out. After that the church was closed and not reopened again.<\/p>\n

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\"Cemetery
Cemetery in disrepair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Located
Located in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic, Man\u011bt\u00edn makes you feel as if you’ve travelled 300 years back in time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But in 2014, Koukl and art student Jakub Hadrava<\/a>, who was studying sculpture at the University of West Bohemia, made headlines together with an otherworldly art installation at St. George\u2019s church.<\/p>\n

\"Otherworldly
Otherworldly art installation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over two dozen plaster figures stand in the back, sit in pews, huddle together, and silently pray. The plaster casts also contain phosphorous that glows in the darkness of night. Words often used to describe the conceptual art: eerie, chilling, haunting. The hushed \u201ccongregation\u201d now attracts thousands of tourists who have donated funds to replace the roof and restore the church to its former glory.\u00a0<\/span>To get another idea what the church is like from the inside, <\/span>check out this spooky video<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Over
Over two dozen plaster figures are in the church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cache\u00a0owners\u00a0had driven around the perimeter of the area many times until finally deciding to take a closer look.\u00a0This inspired them to create a Mystery Cache to align with the mysterious nature of the area and\u00a0introduce others to the beautiful region of Man\u011bt\u00edn<\/a>. Located in the\u00a0western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic,\u00a0Man\u011bt\u00edn makes you feel as if you’ve travelled 300 years back in time.\u00a0Known for its exquisite beer, there’s also a Baroque chateau full of sculpture, paintings, and other works of art from the 1700s.<\/p>\n

The location for this geocache is definitely unusual, but the cache itself? Not so much. No ghosts or ghouls rush out and scare you when opening the container. But what an absolutely beautiful, bizarre, and wondrous place to discover through geocaching!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lindencacher<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This cache is on my watchlist for more than 3 years. This week Kidsgocaching and me took a trip to Karlovy Vary, Praha, Brno, Vienna and Munich and finally I can visit this cache and the church I’ve been waiting for so long. Petr, the guide, delayed a little bit and so we had time to walk around, take some photos and look for the cache. We found it quite soon – very nice made and suitable. After that we spent a hour in the church and took a lot of very nice photos. For leading us to this impressive location I leave a Favourite Point!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Eerie,
Eerie, chilling, haunting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jasi!!!<\/span><\/a> (translated from German)<\/span><\/p>\n

Together in a group today we went to the Ghost Church.\u00a0<\/span>We were able to solve the puzzle and find the can well.\u00a0Great idea! The area itself is quite spooky.\u00a0<\/span>In any case, it was a beautiful trip and I will again come here.\u00a0Thank you so much for this great cache and eerily beautiful place.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"A
A view of the altar and apse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hauffis<\/span><\/a> (translated from German)<\/span><\/p>\n

This cache was the real goal of our holiday trip with Elmuerte.\u00a0<\/span>Well, actually it was the church we wanted to visit.\u00a0<\/span>A really great mystical place that was worth the long journey.\u00a0<\/span>For showing this church we leave a fav. there.\u00a0<\/span>Of course, we also found the corresponding cache and immortalized in the logbook.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"What
What does it all mean?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Trackables
Trackables don’t get spooked<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Have you found a \u201cLost Places\u201d geocache? Would you dare enter this church? <\/span><\/h5>\n

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Continue to explore some of the most amazing geocaches around the world.
\nCheck out all of the Geocaches of the Week<\/a> on the Geocaching blog. If you would like to nominate a Geocache of the Week, fill out this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mystery GC4QKMP by Bu\u010d\u00e1ci Difficulty: 3 Terrain: 2 Location: Plzensky kraj, Czech Republic N 50\u00b0 00.401 E 013\u00b0 09.125 Lukova, Czech Republic is an idyllic country village with a population of 700. There you will find an old abandoned church from the 14th century that has seen better days. Local Petr Koukl knows the church…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":39055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134,1],"tags":[125,127],"series":[],"class_list":["post-39046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-uncategorized","tag-geocache-of-the-week","tag-gotw"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1-gz.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"

Na konci cesty \u2014 Geocache of the Week<\/a><\/blockquote>