Stone head near České Žlebé in Šumava

Kamenná Hlava (Steinköpfelhäuser in German) used to be one of the many smaller villages at the time when residents of German nationality lived in Šumava. It was located on the southern slope of Žlebské vrch at an altitude of about 950 m above sea level. It consisted of a few homesteads scattered on pastures and was almost connected to České Žleby, a settlement that, unlike Kamenná Hlava, did not disappear. The former village had an unusual name –…