Landskron/ Lanškroun Tour
Fall, 2017
If you would like to join the tour group, please contact me at edlanger@att.net or (262) 966-2117.
Thursday, September 7
Travel day from Prague to Landskron
Orientation meeting in the evening, hopefully with the presentation of my PowerPoint presentation on the emigration to America
Friday, September 8
Mariánská hora / Maria Zell
Look-out Tower - Horní Čermná (The tower allows beautiful views of the nearby peaks of Svitavské highlands, Zábřežské highlands but also distant peaks of the Orlické (Eagle) Mountains. The visitors can further see especially immediate surroundings, including the township of Horní Čermná.)
Lanšperk/Landsberg
Letohrad museum and lunch stop
Hertersdorf/(Horní Houžovec -- visit ancestral home of the Blaschkas and visit the chapel
Liechtenstein Palace ruin/Novy Zamek – with a tavern inside
Saturday, September 9
Kopa Festival all day
Morning – devoted to ancestral sites connecting with my Langer family with option of going to the Kopa instead
Ober Johnsdorf/Horní Třešnovec - Visit Langer and Scheberle ancestral homes; point out other Watertown connected homes like Kreuziger, Klecker, Zeiner, Meitner
Dittersbach - visit church and Schmied ancestral home
Čermná – visit church
Afternoon – devoted to ancestral sites connected with other families on the tour with the option of going to the Kopa instead.
Rudelsdorf/Rudoltice – home village of many Waterloo settlers
Thomigsdorf/Damníkov – Gritzbauch village
Olbersdorf/Albrechtice – Roffeis village
Sunday, September 10 - Mass at Saint Wenceslaus Church
Landskron Museum tour
St. Anna Church tour
St Mary Magdalene Church tour
Monday, September 11
Visit city cemetery
Travel to Prague