Rear Jetrichovice

The former settlement was located on an old trade route called the Czech Road. The settlement was mentioned as early as the 12th century, and in 1900 it had 7 houses. The fairy tale The Proud Princess was set in the immediate vicinity, the coal miner’s cottage with the miller.

This is a rewarding tourist section through the rocky wilderness of the Jetřichovice walls to the ruins of Šaunštejn castle. The inhabitants benefited from the lively trade on the Czech Road. There used to be a customs office and a financial guard station here. The road also formed the border of two estates – Bynovec and Česká Kamenice; the village was also divided between the two owners. On the Česká Kamenice territory, which belonged to the Kinskys, there used to be an old Křinice tavern (Kirnischtschänke), frequently visited by merchants and foremen, and a forest store. On the Bynovec part, which was owned by the Clary-Aldringens, there used to be a large game reserve with a forest store and a barn, as well as a farm of the Ritschel family. In 1943, a cross was erected in the game reserve in memory of Jeroným Clary-Aldringen, who fell in 1941 near Sokolovka in Ukraine.

Zadní Jetřichovice was completely deserted after World War II. Since the end of the 19th century, Zadní Jetřichovice has become a crossroads of tourist routes. In addition to the two manor houses, there was the old “Křinická krčma”, the hotel “U Jelena” and the inn “U Hajného”. The last to be built was a well-equipped youth hostel of the city of Varnsdorf on the left side of the road to Vysoká Lípa. It was a low one-story building with a playground. All the buildings of this border village disappeared after World War II. The former houses are only reminiscent of the sunken walls and uneven terrain, as well as the tall chestnut trees near the former “Křinická krčma”.