Klucanina rozhledna
Viewpoint · Czechia
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From the platform the Svratka valley spreads out below, framed by the silhouette of Květnice hill. The 29.3 m brick tower, built from 48,000 bricks in 2003, replaced a 1934 wooden predecessor whose opening drew comedian Vlasta Burian and wrestler Gustav Frištenský. A 133-step climb leads up, free year-round.
Klucanina's wooded slopes give a rider as much reason to pause here as the platform at the summit. The old oak and beech woodland on the hill, known locally as the Bukové zmoly, holds one of the region's few colonies of the lady's slipper orchid, one of Europe's showiest wild orchids, growing alongside cyclamen. Black woodpeckers work these same trees, their calls carrying down into the town below, and red deer and wild boar have become permanent residents of the ridge. Its southern slopes were long dug for loess and reddish Permian sandstone, both worked for generations in local brickworks and building.
What you see
To the north the panorama runs on past Tišnov to the Sýkořská hornatina uplands and Sýkora, the region's highest point, with the quarry-topped hill of Babí lom above Lelkovice standing in the middle distance.
Practical
The tower is reached on foot via the blue-marked trail from Tišnov's hospital; the same path carries a children's nature trail with waymarked stops on local trees and wildlife, and relief maps on the top platform help identify the hills in view.
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