Mýtiny – a picturesque Harrachov settlement
Come to know an interesting part of Harrachov with the international railway station and the most-upland golf course.
Having been a part of Harrachov for more than 50 years, the picturesque settlement of Mýtiny belonged to Poland for a short time and earlier to Germany for several centuries. Today, apart from mostly recreational buildings, there is a passenger railway station on the track from Tanvald to Harrachov in relation to recently reopened track to Szklarska Poreba in Poland.
Historically, this settlement situated above the confluence of the Jizera and the Mumlava rivers belonged to Silesia, i.e. the territorial region of Prussia (Germany), bearing the name of Strickerhäuser, which indicates that knitwork was probably the main activity of the first local inhabitants. The place used to be considerably more settled as compared to these days. Construction of railway track from Jelení Hora (Hirschberg) on the Czech (Austrian) side of the border to Kořenov (Grünthal) and then farther to Tanvald, which commenced in 1900, was undoubtedly a big event for this settlement. Both tracks (the Austrian and the Prussian one) were connected on the first day of October 1902, and since then until 1945, regular passenger as well as freight railway traffic was carried out here. Events taking place in the last moments of the World War II are the milestone in the history of this settlement. By decision of the winning powers, the Silesian part of Germany fell to Poland and thus the settlement of Strickerhäuser, all of a sudden, found itself in the Polish territory under the name of Tkacze. Another significant change in the life of this settlement came in 1959, when the settlement came under the Czech administration into the cadastre of Harrachov in terms of additional borderline compensation between Czechoslovakia and Poland. By this act, Harrachov lived to see its railway station; the first train arrived to the settlement, newly named Mýtiny, in 1962.
Today, Mýtiny settlement is a quiet holiday place with several buildings, mostly serving for all-year recreational use. Apart from the railway station with a snack buffet you can find here also the most-upland golf course in Bohemia (738 m asl). The golf season on this 9-hole course starts always at the beginning of May, with several tournaments taking place here as well during the season. You can play here, however, during the whole summer season of the year.
Mýtiny is situated more than 3 kilometres from Harrachov by road (it is indicated as cycle/tourist track as well). In summer season, however, regular bus lines of Harrachov public transport run here during the day, primarily as connecting lines to trains arriving from both directions of the crossing railway.
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