A corner in Šumava

The picturesque village of Kout in Šumava is located approx. 7 km south of Domažlice. The founding of the village may be related to the founding of the nearby Rýzmberk castle, which dates back to 1279. However, the first written mention of the village dates from 1514. The owners of the village included the owners of Rýzmberk, the Stadion family, under whom the village flourished, or Baron Schoenborn. Count Jiří z Guttenstein was an important owner of the Koutá estate, who...