Schemnitz Mountains
Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ' N , 19 ° 0' E
The Schemnitz Mountains ( Štiavnické vrchy in Slovak ) are a low mountain range of volcanic type in Slovakia .
They belong to the Western Carpathians and form part of the Slovak Central Uplands .
The area extends around the town of Banská Štiavnica (German Schemnitz ), from where it got its name and was one of the largest ore deposits in Upper Hungary in the Middle Ages . In the south, it starts at the northern edge of the Danube hill country and the Planina Krupinská and the Pliešovská kotlina in the east, the north and west, the area is through the barrel of the Hron (German Gran ) limited, behind close the Kremnica Hills , the bird mountains and pohronský inovec to .
From east to west it can be divided into the following parts:
- Skalka
- Sitnianska vrchovina
- Sitnianske predhorie
- Kozmálovské vŕšky
- Hodrušská hornatina
The following erosion cuts extend in between:
- Vyhnianska brázda
- Štiavnická brázda
- Prenčovská kotlina.
The mountains are largely forested and mostly have deeply cut valleys and rather steep slopes, some rivers in the area such as the Štiavnica ( Schemnitz ), the Sikenica or Jasenica drain the area in Hron and Ipeľ . The highest point is Mount Sitno at 1009 meters above sea level.
Almost all parts are protected as the Štiavnické vrchy protected landscape area.
