Dehtar: Pond Landscape and History

If you are looking for a hotel in Dehtar, your travel interests can guide your choice of location: the pond and bird sanctuary focus on nature, while archaeological traces and cultural sites focus on history. The following aspects offer specific points of reference.

Traces from Different Periods

The earliest settlement traces in Dehtáře date from the Eneolithic, approximately between 5000 and 3000 BC. They are associated with the agricultural Linear Pottery culture. This time span places these early traces in a broad historical context.

Further archaeological finds date from the Bronze Age and the late Hallstatt period. This adds two more periods to the earliest traces. The connection with neighboring Žabovřesky is also part of the history of the finds: the location of the sites suggests that Dehtáře and Žabovřesky were settled together.

Dehtář Pond: History and Nature

Dehtář Pond was filled in 1479. The Rožmberks created it around the turn of the 16th century. The specific year refers to the filling, while the reference to the turn of the century places the Rožmberks’ creation of the pond in context. Compared with the archaeological traces from the Eneolithic, the pond’s history belongs to a much later period.

The Dehtář Bird Sanctuary provides protection in particular for the common tern and the greylag goose. When the water level is lowered, mudflats are exposed at the pond, serving as an important stopover for wading birds on migration. This stopover function therefore depends on a specific condition of the water body: the mudflats must be exposed.

The pond is used for recreation and offers opportunities for swimming. Recreation and a natural feature dependent on the water level thus coexist at the same body of water.

Cultural Sites in Dehtáře

The wayside shrine in the cadastral area of Dehtáře is listed as a cultural monument. In Dehtáře, it lies in the direction of Břehov. The Chapel of St. Florian in Dehtáře dates from the mid-19th century. Together with the archaeological finds, it adds a much more recent historical reference to the history of early settlement.

Routes and Shoreline

The Cesta za budějická humna route leads to Dehtáře. From there, it is only a short distance to the bank of Dehtář Pond. A yellow-marked hiking trail and cycle route No. 1085 also run along the bank.

The routes have different points of reference: Cesta za budějická humna leads to Dehtáře and from there onward toward the pond shore; the hiking trail and cycle route No. 1085 run along the bank. If you are weighing up local history, nature by the pond and routes along the shore when choosing where to stay, these details offer different starting points for planning.

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