Chlumec, a town at the foot of the Ore Mountains.

There are few places in our country that are first mentioned before the year 1000. We will probably never know when this place was settled, but the first mention is from the year 993. It was here that the old trade routes passed, which had to be under control. It can be assumed that the low hill of Horka was chosen for the construction of the guard castle, which was still wooden. The castle was at the same time a customs house and probably did not disappear until the beginning of the 13th…