KASTAN I. Traditional Cache

Strom je puvodem z Balkanu, do nasich zemi byl dovezen v 18. stoleti a dnes je velmi rozsiren po cele svete. Patri k nejkrasnejsim stromum.

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Aesculus hippocastanum - It grows to 35m tall, with a domed crown of stout branches, on old trees the outer branches often pendulous with curled-up tips. The leaves are opposite and palmately ompound, with 5–7 leaflets; each leaflet is 15–30 cm long, making the whole leaf up to 60 cm across, with a 7–20 cm petiole. The leaf scars left on twigs after the leaves have fallen have a distinctive horseshoe shape, complete with seven "nails". The flowers are usually white with a small red spot; they are produced in spring in erect panicles 10–30 cm tall with about 20–50 flowers on each panicle. Usually only 1–5 fruit develop on each panicle; the shell is a green, softly spiky capsule containing one (rarely two or three) nut-like seeds called conkers or horse-chestnuts. Each conker is 2–4 cm diameter, glossy nut-brown with a whitish scar at the base.

The tree is native to the Balkans, to our country was imported in the 18th century and today is widely used around the World. This tree is one of the most beautiful trees.

Keska se naleza v mistech zbytku kastanove aleje podel puvodni hlavni silnicni trasy z Ceskych Budejovic a Ceskeho Krumlova smerem na Lipno. Dnes, po zprovozneni nove silnice smerem na Kajov, je tato trasa temer bez aut a je proto velmi oblibenou cestou turistu, cyklistu, bezcu, in-line bruslaru a dalsich sportovne naladenych lidi.

The cache is near the origin chestnut “Kastan” alley , along the old way to the Lipno Sea. Today is this way used generally by sportsmen (bike, walk, in-line skating, etc.).

Pobliz kesky smerem dál po proudu rícky se nachazi Dobrkovicky mlyn (tez uvadeny jako Hamersky). Z nove silnice z Ceskeho Krumlova do Cerne v Posumavi se do mista dostanete odbocenim v Novych Dobrkovicich (vpravo) na urovni nove zastavby. Mlyn je za mostem pres ricku Polecnici. Historie se pocita od 17. stoleti. V roce 1617 dal nemecky ceskokrumlovsky primator Matyas Hoelderle ze Schadenbergu postavit mlyn a roku 1623 jej odkazal jezuitum. Prvni pisemna zminka o osade Dobrkovice je ale uz z roku 1347. Byvala jednou z poddanskych vesnic na krumlovskem panstvi.

Nad vraty mlyna jsou malovane renesancni erby prvnich majitelu. Stit je datovan do r. 1614. Na stene mlyna se nalezaji slunecni hodiny. Za stavenim se nachazeji sadky rybarskeho hospodarstvi. Nedaleko cache proti proudu potoka najdete Autokemp Petraskuv dvur.

V roce 2002 mlyn i udoli zatopila voda. Keska je ale umistena tak, aby pripadne stolete vode odolala.

In 2002 high water flooded the mill and whole valley. Cache is located on the place to withstand the flood.