The Kladská pond dates from the beginning of the 16th century. It flooded a part of the peat bog, which it partly drains. Already for several centuries, it has been a stable water reservoir on this plateau. In the Middle Ages, where ores were mined in the Slavkovský les Forest, its water was brought by Dlouhá stoka (Long Canal) down to the mines near Krásno. The pond itself is the centre of this unique park-like landscape. It is partly surrounded by the Taiga peat bog, partly by a waterlogged meadow and some of its shallow bays reach to the wet spruce forest…