Hvozd - Hochwald

One of the oldest picture postcards of the Hvozd hill from 1885 shows the chalet on the Czech side of the peak of the Hvozd-hill with the original wooden look-out tower Carolaturm.
This lithography shows the restaurant with its look-out tower standing on the peak of the Hvozd (Hochwald) and the view from this tower to the North over Oybin to the landscape in Germany.
On this postcard of Hvozd hill from 1914 the overall view of this hill is supplemented by details from the German chalet at the southern summit, and the look-out tower built of stone in 1882.
This postcard from 1914 shows the old German chalet on the southern summit of the Hvozd hill.
On this picture postcard the southern peak of the Hvozd hill is shown at a time where both its chalets were standing. The German chalet from 1889 (in the foreground) underwent later a reconstruction, the Czech chalet, 11 years younger (in the background) after World War Two burnt out and at present there remain only rests of its foundations.
This postcard shows the southern summit of the hill with the new German chalet in the background of which you still see the lower house of the former Czech chalet.
On this postcard the newly-built German chalet at the southern summit of the hill is shown.
This picture postcard shows the old saxonian chalet and look-out platform on the southern peak of the Hvozd-hill in winter.
This winterly postcard of Hvozd-hill shows the older Saxonian chalet on the southern peak. The former Czech chalet on its left side is hidden behind the trees.
This postcard from the end of the 19th century shows the lookout tower on the northern peak with the promenade path connecting it with the two older chalets standing on the southern peak.
This postcard shows the outlook from the summit of the Hvozd to the South. The cut-out pictures show the two original chalets an the summit.
This picture postcard shows the wonderful view from the southern peak of Hvozd hill. In the centre there is the old German chalet with its look-out platform.
On this picture postcard we see the lookout tower and both restaurants on the crest of Hvozd hill (Hochwald) with their outlook over the surrounding landscape.

On this picture postcard from 1924 the two chalets on the southern summit of the Hvozd-hill are shown. Whereas the German chalet in the foreground later underwent a reconstruction, the neighbouring chalet on the Czech side after World War Two disappeared without leaving any trace. The poem and the dwarf refer to the folk tale mentioning a miraculous herb growing on the Hvozd. The lookout tower built in 1892 already stands on Saxonian grounds.
In 1891 the Scientific association Globus of Zittau founded a new stone-built lookout tower. The tower was built on the northern peak of the hill and was festively opened on September 14, 1892.
On this postcard from 1965 is the stone look-out tower with the chalet on the northern (German) summit of the Hvozd hill.