Ascent to Sedlo with a visit to Levín
The majestic mountain resembling a horse saddle is the fourth highest mountain in the Bohemian Central Highlands.
There are several possible ascent options to the top of Sedlo, which is also the highest mountain of the geomorphological unit of the Vernerice Central Highlands. Sedlo was formed like other peaks by volcanic activity, it has a sharp summit ridge with a number of rock outcrops and large debris fields on both sides. There are two viewpoints on the summit ridge.
The wooded hill forms the National Nature Reserve Sedlo, which is covered with natural deciduous forest. For example, the Alpine starflower, the leafless iris, the leafy ringwort and the golden-headed lily grow here. There is also a wide variety of animals, such as the protected shoebill, the little owl or the white-banded poplar butterfly.
Route
You can start the trail from the village of Horní Vysoké pod Levínem or directly from Levín from where you will follow the blue trail to the crossroads where you will connect to the green trail. Follow it up steeply to the top to the cross. The saddle with a height of 726 m above sea level is the 4th highest in the Czech Central Highlands.
Continue along the green "ridge" which descends steeply to the Srdovská hájovna, past the mausoleum of the industrialist Schroll back to Vysoká or Levín.
Distance: from Horní Vysoká 7,5 km - 3 hours, from Levín 9 km
Nature of the route: dirt and forest roads, moderately difficult
Stops
Mausoleum of the industrialist Schroll - funeral chapel
The magnificent funeral chapel on the southern slope of Sedlo above the settlement of Hradec was built according to the project of arch. Ludwig Zettl in 1880-1900.
Josef Edler Schroll, the last owner of the Liběšický manor, had the family tomb built for his family. The Schroll family owned the Libesice estate from 1871 to 1945.
The mausoleum is a state-protected monument. The building was not only a tomb, but also a private chapel, which is why it was consecrated and dedicated to St. Joseph by the parish priest of Levinas on 14 November 1901 with the approval of the papal curia. The chapel has the plan of a Greek cross and is surmounted by a dome. The first members of the family, who had until then been buried in a tomb in the cemetery in Liběšice, were solemnly transferred here on 21 November 1901.