About Us

Štumpovka was originally founded as a farmstead, which Mr. Štumpe purchased in 1930. In 1933, his daughter Kristýna was born, and in 1938, his daughter Jana; they lived here until 1956. After nationalization, their father worked here as a coachman, ensuring supplies were delivered by horse. During the totalitarian regime, the homestead operated as a tourist hostel with approximately 50 beds in 6 rooms.

In June 1990, it burned down for unknown reasons, and the KRNAP Administration had the ruins leveled to the ground. All that remained of the homestead was a brick transformer station.

In 1991, our uncle, Ing. Jiří Justicz, purchased the neighboring Dvoračky from Mr. Jindříšek and Mr. Truhlář, who had acquired the property from Krkonoše Interhotels. In 1992, Mr. Justicz purchased the land with the ruins of the former building from Mr. Štumpe’s daughters.

Dvoračky is a very old chalet, founded in 1707 by the Schier family as a mountain farmstead for cattle breeding on the surrounding vast meadows.

The original name was Rokytenské dvorské boudy. In March 1893, the original chalet burned down, and the burnt-out site was purchased by Count Harrach, who rebuilt it into a popular inn. In February 1902, the seventh Bohemian Ski Championship was held here. In 1921, during the land reform, it passed into state hands and was leased to the Czech Puhonný family, who later purchased it.

From 1923, so-called “silent markers” began to be used in the Krkonoše Mountains, and a marker for Dvoračky was among them. The guest book records distinguished guests, such as President Dr. Edvard Beneš and his wife Hana, who loved the Krkonoše Mountains and spent their holidays at Dvoračky both before the war and in 1945.

Our family has been operating at Dvoračky since 24th April 1993

Initially, we undertook comprehensive renovations to rescue the Dvoračky chalet, which had been left completely devastated after the totalitarian regime. Our aim was to ensure it at least partially met essential hygiene regulations and standards. Then, in 2000, we purchased the Dvoračky chalet, along with the land where the former homestead had burned down, from our uncle.

However, with the ever-increasing pressure of new hygiene regulations and standards, it became impossible to keep Dvoračky open 365 days a year. This led us to the decision to rebuild the former homestead on the site where it had burned down.

In May 2002, we commenced construction of a brand new facility. This new building was granted preliminary occupancy on 18. 12. 2008, and officially opened its doors to the public on 26. 12. 2008.

The entire building was constructed by us, with our own hands, over a period of 7 years, as financial resources allowed, bringing it to its beautiful present-day form.

 

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We personally harvested the timber and milled it on our own sawmill; the materials were transported using our own, now historic, vehicles; and the tables, chairs, chandeliers, and all other wooden furnishings were lovingly crafted right here in our own carpentry workshop.

The entire construction was designed and supervised by Mr. Ing. Jiří Dobeš from Jilemnice, who based the design on the former Labská Bouda as seen from Labský Důl, which burned down on 6. 11. 1965 due to careless craftsmen.

We honor and cherish the hard and demanding work of our predecessors (excluding the totalitarian regime) in this mountain environment, who worked here under challenging conditions and relied solely on their loved ones, their diligence, skill, perseverance, and ingenuity.

We named the new building – the hotel – after the former owner, Mr. Štumpa – Horský hotel Štumpovka.

We hope that our grandchildren, Tonička, Bertík, and Olívie for now, will be our worthy successors.