Pramen Vltavy (The Vltava Spring) flows under the south-eastern slope of the Černá hora (Black Mountain) at an altitude of 1172 meters. It has been located in the first belt of the Šumava National Park since 1991. The spring has been artificially pulled down to a different area. The Czechoslovakian Tourist Club´s cottage was built there in 1923. This cottage used to serve as a POW camp during the World War II. The cottage was demolished during the Iron Curtain building in 1953. The spring occurred in a non-accessible border zone from 1949 till 1989. A statue by David Fiala has been located at the symbolical spring since 2004.

You can follow a tourist- or bicycle mark or the bicycle path 1041 to reach the Vltava Springs.