The Bohemian Massif is the roof of Europe. Water flows from its territory into three seas. The Elbe River flows into the North Sea, the Danube River into the Black Sea, and the Oder River and its tributaries into the Baltic Sea. The main European watershed, dividing the North and Black Seas, passes through the territory of the Bohemian-Bavarian Geopark. On the Czech side, this line runs along the ridges of the Bohemian Forest between Kamenný vrch (739 m), Přimda (848 m) and Knížecí strom (829 m).
The oldest castle in Bohemia - Přimda
Southwest of Tachov, the watershed runs along a hill with the ruins of the Church of St. Anne. The waters flow north to east into the Brtný stream, which is a right-hand tributary of the Mže, whose waters flow through the Berounka, Vltava and Elbe to the North Sea. The territory west and south of the hill is drained by the Kateřinský stream, which in Bavaria, like the Pfreimd, is a right-hand tributary of the Naab, whose waters flow through the Danube to the Black Sea.From the pilgrimage church of St. Anne there is a beautiful view of the entire area. The church dates from the 1660s and, despite its dilapidated condition, is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. An even worse fate befell the village of Pořejov at the eastern foot of the hill. It was damaged by artillery shelling by the American army at the end of World War II, then displaced and completely disappeared in the 1660s.
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