Dolský mill and Ferdinand’s gorge

Dolský mill

First documented in 1515 as a mill with three wheels (one powered a saw, two grinding equipment). Rebuilt with a bakery building in 1727. When there was a shortage of water, it also served as a malt mill for the Bynovec castle brewery. In 1814, a distillery building was added. At the end of the 19th century, the Ferdinand Gorge ferry route ended here, and a taproom was built at that time. For several years, the financial guard was based here. Abandoned after 1945, today only a romantic ruin. Dolský mlýn is located in the valley of the Kamenice River, near the marked path to Vysoká Lípa, Kamenická Stráně and Jetřichovice.

Ferdinand Gorge

Ferdinand’s Gorge is located between Srbská Kamenice and Dolský Mlýn. After 1881, boating was started here – tourists used it to get from Srbská Kamenice to Dolský Mlýn, a popular excursion spot. Today it is impassable, the blue tourist sign leads higher above the left bank of the Kamenice. The place is accessible from Královský Smruk by a path along the meadow – at the end of the meadow it is necessary to ford to the other bank until we reach the place where the dam used to stand. There are noticeable notches in the sandstone boulders in the river.