Golden Trail over the Land of Castles
The "Golden Trail over the Land of Castles" with a total length of 89 km from Budyně nad Ohří to Úštěk connects most of the important castle monuments in the area of the Central Bohemian Uplands.
The Central Bohemian Uplands are surely a region with a unique atmosphere of beautiful nature, high basalt mounds and - above all - the land of castle ruins that crown these magnificant peaks. And those wonderful views of the region… you will love them! You will not see anything similar in the Czech lands. Moreover, few people realize that the Central Bohemian Uplands is the place where the oldest Czech legends take place and that it is also the only region where the invincible Czech military leader Jan Žižka from Trocnov imprinted his strategic genius on his own castle - Kalich.
Stops
Village Trebusin
The first mention of Třebušín dates back to 1169, when Bleh of Třebušín (Bleh de Trebussen) is mentioned. He was sitting in the fortress that stood next to the church.
Another holder of the village was Hroznata - later the founder of the Teplá monastery - who gave it together with other estates to the Order of the Knights of St. John; later Třebušín belonged to the command of the Order of the German Knights. In 1422, Emperor Sigismund pledged the goods of the Bílčkovice Commandery, which included Třebušín, to Sigismund of Vartemberk. However, the real applicability of the pledge was problematic, as the region was then ruled by the Hussite warlord Jan Žižka of Trocnov, who even built the Kalich Castle on the hill above Třebušín. In those times, Třebušín was one of the most important Hussite bases ever. The Vartemberks are reliably mentioned as the holders of Třebušín only from 1496. From 1540 the village belonged to the Dubanskis of Duban and after them, from 1578, to the Hostákovskis of Arklebice, who built a new fortress here - later a chateau. Today, the Baroque building, which contains Renaissance structures in the mass of its cellars and the ground floor of the northern wing, is one of the most valuable local monuments. These include the originally Romanesque parish church of St. Nicholas, first mentioned in 1384 and rebuilt in the Baroque style after 1710, the statue of St. John of Nepomuk and Žižek's Kalich Castle, the remains of which can still be seen on the high hill above the village.