HISTORY
Cottages Girova
Once a place where sheep, goats, cows and their shepherd grazed, this magical mountain was their home from spring until the beginning of winter. It provided a meager livelihood for the Gorals, shepherds and farmers.
Now Gírová, formerly Jírová Mountain, Hexenberg, Čarodejnická Mountain, or Girowa - still the same mountain. All names are correct and testify to its strength and stability.
When Gírová belonged to the estates of the Princely Chamber of Cieszyn, it was one of the richest hunting grounds. It also boasted the establishment of the first sheepfold. Sheepfold farming was maintained in this part of the Beskydy Mountains until the 1970s.
The hut really stood here, above today's cottage, according to the latest records, until 1960, when the Gírová hut is listed under the name "Girrawa" in the military (Joseph) mapping from 1764 - 1768, both in Polish and German.
After the First World War, the Czech Tourists Club from Karviná, led by its member Dr. Leopold Dorazil, was responsible for the construction of this shelter.
To build the cottage, a permit, water rights, a concession for the inn, and wood had to be secured, and all of this was procured in 1931.
According to Václav Kadlec, a project was prepared in 1932 and a slope below the peak of Gírová with a view of Slovakia was selected.
In the spring of 1932, construction of the cottage began and on June 17, 1932, the foundation stone was laid, by which time a significant part of the cottage was already standing.
The cottage was the property of the KTSČ until 1938 when it was taken over by the Polskie Towarysztwo Tatrańskie, after the occupation of the Těšín region by Germany, the Beskidenverein was the administrator of the cottage, which took over all the cottages in the area. At the end of the war, the Wermacht occupied the cottage on Gírová. The cottage returned to its original owners only after the war and in 1948, together with other cottages, it passed under the Sokol organization, then the ČSTV. The cottage was also owned by the Czechoslovak Army mine in Karviná, the Vlet cooperative, the Czechoslovak village of Sokolská, and the Český Těšín restaurants and canteens. But it only opened its doors to tourists on September 4, 1993.
Frantiszek and Stefania Schulhauser came here from the Polish side of the Beskydy Mountains with their children and lived here from 1938 to 1967.
After that, the cottage was acquired by Beskydy Hotels and Restaurants. Since 1996, the cottage has been run by Jana and Antonín Sikor.
And in 2022, the cottage was purchased by the Malyjurkova family, who are giving the cottage a second wind and taking care of it with love and humility. This place deserves it.