A vanished village located in close proximity to the Czech-Bavarian border at an altitude of 1162 m, now a local part of the municipality of Kvilda.
Bučina was founded around 1770 as a logging settlement. Before World War II, it was home to 320 inhabitants (29 of them Czechs). After the war, the village was depopulated, and in the 1950s, most buildings were demolished.
Today, the renovated hotel Pešlova chata (now called "Alpine View") stands here, along with the reconstructed St. Michael’s Chapel, rebuilt in 1992. Reminders of the former settlement include crosses, fruit trees, and stone walls that once bordered small fields.
Visitors can view a replica of the barbed wire border fence and a guard tower, as a reminder of what the Iron Curtain looked like on the western border of socialist Czechoslovakia.
Nearby is a pedestrian and cyclist border crossing Bučina–Finsterau. The Šumava Green Buses also stop here.
From Bučina, visitors can enjoy stunning panoramic views of the Bohemian Forest and Bavarian Forest all the way to the Dreisessel Mountain. On clear days, even the Alpine peaks are clearly visible.
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