THROUGH THE REGION LEADS A FAVOURITE NATURE TRAIL
WITH TWO PATHS
The community of Tisá is one of the most favourite gates into the
region of the Elbe Sandstone Rocks. The community won its name thanks to the
extensive yew tree forests and three yew tree sprays are also included in
the crest of the community.
In the 14th century the Vartenberks built a fort here, whose task was to
protect the salty trail. In the middle of the 18th century Tisá
became cradle of the button production which experienced a big boom in the
beginning of the 19th century.
In the center of this mountain village there´s the baroque church of St.
Anna situated, that was built in 1786 and whose equipment comes from the
period of late rococo style. The organ from the 18th century was transported
here from the church in Rozbělesy.
North from the village there´s an extensive rocky region towering – The
Tisá Walls, declared by right for Protected Country region in 1996. Its
abysses, passes, gorges, towers and other bizarre rocky formations arose
through erosion of the Mesozoic block sandstones. Towards the community
Tisá the Tisá Walls slope downwards with a monumental vertical wall,
whose height reaches up to the admirable 70 meters. Through the region runs
the favourite The Tisá Walls nature trail with two paths. A similar nature
have also the Ostrov rocks that we can find northeast from Tisá close to the
Ostrov town district.
Nature raged properly
The elements raged mostly just in the neighbourhood of Tisá. The famous
Rocky towns were shaped here, formed by wild canyons, overhanging caves and
bizarre rocky formations, appearing like animals or plants. The sea
sediments are then the base of the Elbe sandstones, which arose at the
bottom of the prehistoric seas, after whose recession the soft sandstones
were exposed to the influence of water. Some parts were gradually
desintegrated but the harder ones resisted and became bases of today´s
sandstone formations.
A few sights at the rocky town
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We are following the red trail marking
The red trail marking will speak us on the rocky place at the entry
ticket office for the first time. It leads us to the left, on a path through
the Small Walls where eighteen unique formations are marked.
At a height of many tens of metres there´s the Head of Janus with two
faces rising. Through climbing we come to the Confessional, through the
forest gate we come to the cave with a pulpit. The Castle, Wart stone,
Elephant´s legs and other rocky formations follow.
The nature trail leads us back to the rocky place, from where the red
targets lead through the labyrinth of the Big Tisá Walls with the Sandstone
Elephant, the Locomotive with a Vehicle and the Roe Tower. Steep stairway is
climbing through a rock hollow up to the peak with the famous Stone Mushroom
and the Turtle. The red marking leads us back to Tisá over the top up to 70
meters high rocky walls, offering fantastic picturesque sceneries.
Bicyclists have a chance too
Although in respect of the challenging terrain it seems to be impossible,
also two marked and very attractive bicycle routs lead through Tisá Walls
and continue to Děčínský Sněžník.
Also in winter the sports-loving visitors of Tisá do not come off badly,
in close proximity to the village there´s a 500 meters long ski lift
operating in the winter months.
Also followers of the rock climbing come into their own in the Tisá
Walls. Many climbing routes of all degrees of difficulty arose among local
sandstone massifs on the towers of the rocky town.
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The director of Shrek made a film in the rocks
The famous New Zealand´s director Andrew Adamson himself, under his
direction both parts of the popular green giant Shrek came into the world,
could not resist the charm of the Tisá Walls. Last year in Winter he made
the fairytale „The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe“ here. Into the rocky town the film-makers even brought from New
Zealand the main rarity here – a fascinating tree, whose crown is
constituted from the roots.
The treasure is guarded by the elfs
The Tisá Walls are also emblazoned with many mysterious legends, when
definitely the most interesting is the one about the big treasure hidden
here.
After the French Revolution a prominent french aristocrat Charles Louis
Leduquin fled from his homeland and got up to the Tisá rocks. Under an
overhanging rock he hurriedly buried his complete property here, including
family jewels and gold.
The treasure should be hidden in the rocks until today but watch out to
anyone who would try to discover it. According to the legend this fabulous
fortune is carefully guarded by the elfs who put an erratic root into the
pockets of the rubbernecks. Unfortunate victims are then lost in the rocks
for so long until somebody sets them free from the root or they collapse due
to exhaustion.
It´s true that the Tisá Walls are an extensive labyrinth where you
should stay on the marked paths.
Autor textu Rudolf Prchal, převzato z deníku Právo, foto ceskehory.cz, stezka.cz