Paulusbrunn-past and present

The scattered settlement of Paulusbrunn (Pavlův Studenec) was established at the beginning of the 18th century in the former restricted area in the Czech low mountain range of eský les, which is called the Upper Palatinate Forest on the Bavarian side.

The village was located on an old trade route on the Golden Road and was made up of a total of 249 houses, in which around 1,500 inhabitants lived before the Second World War. Most of them were Germans and only a few Czechs who worked in the local customs house and gendarmerie station. Only meadows and fields can be seen here today. As a result of the resettlement of the Germans after 1945 and the establishment of the restricted area on the border, the village disappeared, with only the cemetery and the renovated Böttger Column remaining from the vanished village. This commemorates the former district chairman, lawyer and patron of the arts Josef Böttger, who helped the people. The people erected this pillar in gratitude to him.

Historical pictures show the vanished village and its inhabitants once again. Current photographs show how the village is being saved from oblivion.

Last edited on 15.07.2024