Velenický kopec and Císařský buk

This picture postcard shows the Velenický kopec-hill from the upper turn of the road from Velenice to Brniště. On the slope beneath the edge of the wood you see the now extinct chapel of St. Joseph.
This phototype postcard from 1898 shows the then newly opened inn „Zur Kaiserbuche“ at the Velenický kopec. The pictures above show the „Emperor's beech“ and the outlook over Velenice, on the lower left the overall view of the hill with the lookout-terrace on its peak and in the centre a detail of the inn which soon became a popular excursion resort.
On this picture postcard from the beginning of the 20th century we see the inn „Zur Kaiserbuche“ (=Emperor's beech) named after the nearby giant beech-tree.
This picture postcard from 1914 shows the „Emperor's beech“ with the inn on the slope of the Velenický kopec-hill.
This postcard shows the massive „Emperor's beech“ on the slope of the Velenický kopec hill, into the spreading branches of its crown two wooden terraces had been built.