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

Jan Zajíček (* 13/11/1871 – † 25/05/1945)
he was a member of Pelár's band. In this famous Wallachian band, he played the clarinet and also composed compositions – "Aj holúbečku, holube", "Spadla kuřička z hrády". Pelár's dulcimer band became famous at the Czechoslovak Ethnographic Exhibition in Prague in 1895. She played on various occasions, but mainly at balls, weddings and funerals. Jan Zajíček was a skilled craftsman, he mastered several crafts. However, the main source of livelihood was the fields in the clearing, which then bore the name of Ludvík Hynek's son-in-law.

Alois Hrbáček – called "Lojzek" – a disabled orphan – also lived with Ludvík Hynek's family, whom Ludvík and Anna Hynek took in and the extended family then accepted him as their family member.

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

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