The nature reservation Maštale

Maštale park was established by public notice of OkU Chrudim on December 1, 1993 and OkU Svitavy June 26, 1992. It occupies a territory in the river basin of the upper stream of Novohradka. It borders the regions of Bohemian (Loučenské) and Českomoravské highlands. It is situated on divide region of Chrudim and Svitavy, on cadastral territories of villages Bor u Skutče, Budislav, Jarošov, Leština, Nové Hrady, Paseky, Podměstí, Proseč and Zderaz . The major part of reservation is situated in south-east edge of region of Chrudim. This region has an attractive character of a multi-tiered geographical outlook. When you turn to the north; the difference between the highest place in the south (Posekanec, 554m) and the lowest in the north (riverbed of Novohradka u Polanky) is almost 200m. Total surface area of the reservation is 1,083.6 hectares.

The saxicolous sand moulds and the so called Budislavské skály, are the biggest attraction of the area. In principle it is a system of saxicolous valleys, locally cut into the sandstone and underlying crystalline rocks reaching 60m in height (in places). The valley had been hollowed out by headspring courses and branches of Novohradka. The slopes of the valley are formed by sandstone walls which are in places broken up into different forms of towers, pillars, juts, faults, rifts, and blocks. Here you can see towns such as Toulovcovy and Městské Maštaly, majestically constructed on rock.