Vyhlídka na starém vodojemu

The viewpoint on the old reservoir in Ždírec nad Doubravou in the Vysočina Region is a lookout point above Brodská Street in part of road I / 34 and on the local cycle path at the exit from the town towards Kohoutov, situated at an altitude of about 570 m on the border of Železné hory (direction Kohoutov) and Hornosázavské pahorkatiny (Ždírec nad Doubravou). In the view in the segment roughly south to southwest you can see part of the city development and also the fallow deer enclosure, the localities are situated in the geomorphological district Dářská brázda (Hornosázavská pahorkatina). The landscape in the northeast with rising terrain towards Kohoutov belongs to the Stružinecká Uplands (Iron Mountains), approximately to the southeast lies its highest peak Křížový vrch (661 m) above Krucemburk. The area is part of the Protected Landscape Area Žďárské vrchy. In the view roughly to the south-east. to the south, the shallow valley of the Dářská brázda, which flows through the Doubrava River, a left-hand tributary of the European Elbe River near Záboří nad Labem. In the view it is possible to recognize the locality with the largest pond Řeka, Ranský pond, Branch pond and Free pond. All the mentioned water reservoirs are supplied with water by the river Doubrava, some of them through artificially built troughs of so-called feeders. The view is limited above the valley in the southern direction by the dominant ridge of the Henzlička geomorphological district belonging to the Křižanovská Highlands, in the wooded part of which near the village of Hluboká (also in the view) there is the source of the Doubrava River. When viewed from the viewpoint, the peak of Ranský Babylon (674 m) in the Ransko National Nature Reserve is clearly visible (see photo). NPR is a well-known locality of spring snowdrops (see also the place on the Google map). In the southwest, there is still a well-recognizable gap in the locality of Brabcova kopce in the wooded terrain of Přibyslavská pahorkatina, a geomorphological district in Hornosázavská pahorkatina, which leads the road I / 34 from Ždírec nad Doubravou towards Havlíčkův Brod. The view in the southwest to northwest segment is limited by mature trees immediately at the lookout point, to the west to northwest also limited due to the terrain reaching up to 578 m in the Hamatus locality on the Sobíňov ridge in the Hornosázavská pahorkatina natural area. In the northwest to northeast, the terrain with the forest locality of Kabáty and Kohoutovské les with the Barchanec peak (624 m) in the already mentioned Stružinecká pahorkatina, a natural area of ​​the Iron Mountains. The history of the prospect is an interesting example of the use of an old reservoir built between 1947 and 1949 with a capacity of 141 m3, which was part of a 7.5 km long water supply and decommissioned in 1993 after the construction of a new reservoir with a larger capacity. The place is also interesting due to the fact that it is located in the basin of the Janský brook, which is a right-hand tributary of the Doubrava, while north of the viewpoint there is a substation between its basin and the Chrudimka river basin. Between the road I / 37 above Ždírec in the direction of the village Údavy (part of Ždírec) and the railway line 238 (Pardubice - Havlíčkův Brod) two ponds called Kabáty I and II were dug, between them there is a narrow strip of bifurcation area, Barchanecký stream in the basin Chrudimky begins with the outflow from the Kabáty I pond and the unnamed outcrop of the Kabáty II pond belongs to the Doubrava river basin. On the roof of the old reservoir, the town of Ždírec nad Doubravou built and in July 2013 opened to the public a viewpoint with free access via a metal staircase (23 steps). A tourist shelter and an information board with a map have been built at the lookout point, and a cycle path from 2009 leads to it, which continues to Kohoutov and Venice, the villages belonging to the town of Ždírec nad Doubravou. An interesting place for getting to know Ždírec nad Doubravou and the immediate surroundings of the town, significant local history and natural conditions at the junction of two natural areas, the Hornosázavská Uplands and the Iron Mountains within the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. CZ211107