Čerchov
| Čerchov | ||
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 The towers on the top of Čerchov |
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| height | 1042 m nm | |
| location | Czech Republic | |
| Mountains | Upper Palatinate Forest (Český les) | |
| Dominance | 19.4 km → Hoher Bogen ( Bavarian Forest ) | |
| Notch height | 549 m ↓ east of Nový Klíčov | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 23 '0 " N , 12 ° 47' 1" E | |
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| particularities | Kurz -Turm ( AT ), air traffic control tower , highest mountain in the Upper Palatinate Forest | |
The Čerchov ( German Schwarzkopf ) is 1042 m nm, the highest mountain in the Upper Palatinate Forest (Český les) and the northern summit of the Bohemian Forest . It is located about 2 km from the German - Czech border , roughly in the middle of a triangle made up of Waldmünchen , Furth im Wald and Domažlice .
geography
The great European watershed, Atlantic-Black Sea, runs over the summit .
The Teplá Bystřice ( Warm Pastritz ) and two streams called Černý potok rise north of the mountain ; one flows in German territory as Schwarzbach bei Höll into the Bohemian Schwarzach , the other Černý potok into the Radbuza . The Pastritz Canal has its origin on the eastern slope . On the southern slope of the Čerchov is the source of the Chladná Bystřice ( Kalte Pastritz ), to the southwest of the Hlubocký potok / Tiefer Graben and on the western slope the source of the Steinbach. On the north-western foothills of Malinová hora (963 m nm) there is a former barracks.
history
After being used by the Wehrmacht in World War II , the summit was used intensively as a reconnaissance station until the 1990s and was no longer open to the public. In addition to the Kurz Tower (named after its builder), which was built in 1904 as a lookout tower, the Czechoslovak Army built a second, larger tower in 1987 , which is now used for air traffic control purposes and is not accessible. The corresponding telecommunications station of NATO was on the Hohe Bogen about 20 km to the southeast; other intelligence posts were u. a. on the Velký Zvon (Plattenberg, with a tower built in 1978 in a very similar design, with visual contact with the Čerchov complex) and the Dyleň . In addition to the Soviet Army, Department III of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR also used the position on the Čerchov as a bugging base (camouflage name "RUBIN"). In the course of the opening of the border and reunification, the listening posts were abandoned and the Kurz tower has been accessible again since July 2000. The mountain offers a panoramic view of the Bavarian Forest and the Czech plain, in good weather conditions the view extends as far as the Alps . There is also an amateur radio relay on the mountain.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Dominance and prominence according to TK 25. When searching for the notch, individual height lines ( Elevation Contours ) were used in Google Maps . Due to their inaccuracy, the actual notch height can deviate by a few meters.