Kokonsko, Jak mluv skly Adamovi Ji (2019)

This book recalls Vclav Zimermans research and educational work in the Kokon region between 1954 and 2006. It brings readers closer to the beautiful ravines hidden in the forests of Kokonsko, the bizarre shapes formed by nature in the local sandstone, and the ways people have adapted the rocks to their needs. The book presents places including the Pokliky rock formations, local springs, rocks resembling human faces, the Bludit rock city, impressive rock gates, rock mushrooms, rock cavities and caves, Kokon Castle, Houska Castle, mills and the ertovy hlavy rock sculptures in elzy. The landscape conceals many natural curiosities, human stories and secrets, and is the birthplace of several important figures from Czech cultural life, including the romantic poet Karel Hynek Mcha, poet and philosopher Vclav Nebesk, archaeologist Vclav Krolmus and noted Czech forester Antonn Holub. The subjects covered include geology, geomorphology, natural caves, fortified sites, roads cut into sandstone, waterworks in sandstone, sandstone quarries, historic underground spaces and rock reliefs. The full-colour book also contains 212 photographs and defines the described area from Mlnk and esk Lpa in the west to Meno, Lhotka, Vysok, Chode, Doln Zimo and elzy, including the Houseck Hills and Vrtensk hora.