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The resistance activities of Ludvík Hynek's family during World War II are described in an information panel down in the valley by the road.

Ludvík Hynek
was commander of the local fire brigade from 1927 to 1949. He performed this function responsibly for 22 years. For his work he was appointed "honorary commander" of the department in 1966. The cottage, on the left below the bench, was also occupied by Jan and Anna Zajicek, who had a daughter Anna married to Ludvík Hynek.

Jan Zajíček (* 13 November 1871 - † 25 May 1945)
was a member of Pelář's band. In this famous Wallachian band he played the clarinet and also composed songs - "Aj holúbečku, holube", "Spadla kuřička z hřady". Pelár's dulcimer band became famous at the Czechoslovak Ethnographic Exhibition in Prague in 1895. It played on various occasions, but mainly at balls, weddings and funerals. Jan Zajíček was a skilled craftsman, mastering several trades. However, his main source of livelihood was the fields on the pasture, which then bore the name of his son-in-law Ludvík Hynek.

Alois Hrbáček - nicknamed "Lojzek" - a disabled orphan, whom Ludvík and Anna Hynek took in and the extended family then adopted him as a family member, lived with Ludvík Hynek's family.

Today the cottage is occupied by Mgr. Milan Vacek (grandson of Ludvík Hynek) with his wife Ing. Milena Vacek. Together with their sons Milan and Petr, they built the Ludvík Hynek Military Museum on the site of the former partisan bunker.

The wide slope from the brook up to the forest used to be used for skiing in the past.