Crossroads U Kaštanu

This important crossroads is located in the northern part of the Moravian Karst between the villages of Ostrov, Holštejn and Šošůvka. It got its name from the massive chestnut tree that stood here in the middle of the intersection together with the cast iron cross for decades. Even the local bus stop was called that for many years. When the Moravian Karst was declared a protected landscape area in 1956, it was also considered to declare it as...