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A Bohemian track (german: Böhmischer Steig, cz, Česká stezka) or Bohemian way (''Böhmweg'') refers to various communication routes over the ridges of the Vogtland, the Ore Mountains, the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and the Lusatian Mountains, which linked the region of the March of Meissen and Upper Lusatia with
A Bohemian track (german: Böhmischer Steig, cz, Česká stezka) or Bohemian way (''Böhmweg'') refers to various communication routes over the ridges of the Vogtland, the Ore Mountains, the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and the Lusatian Mountains, which linked the region of the March of Meissen and Upper Lusatia with Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
from the late 11th century. In 1118 there is the first indirect reference to the existence of such a link in a document in which there is mention of a customs post in the vicinity of the present-day town of Zwickau.
The first direct reference is in 1143 when a document records a ''semita bohemica'' that ran from Altenburg
Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...
via Waldenburg and Zschopau to Bohemia. Another reference appears in 1185. In the description of the border of the territory of Altzella Abbey we read: " ... ab illo per antiquam Boemie semitam ...". This was a route that went from Waldheim via Sayda and the saddle near Deutscheinsiedel
Deutscheinsiedel is a village in the Saxony, Saxon municipality of Deutschneudorf in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in East Germany.