Žaltman
| Žaltman | ||
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 Lookout tower on Žaltman |
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| height | 739 m | |
| location | Czech Republic | |
| Mountains | Braunauer Bergland | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 33 '13 " N , 16 ° 2' 52" E | |
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| Type | Double summit | |
| rock | Arcoses | |
| particularities | highest mountain of the Jestřebí hory | |
The Žaltman (German Hexenstein ) is a 739 m high mountain in the Czech Republic . The double peak is located ten kilometers east of the city of Trutnov and is the highest point in the Habicht Mountains .
geography
The wooded mountain is the highest point of the Žaltmanský hřbet ( Hexenstein Mountains ), a narrow ridge of the Habicht Mountains, stretching from northwest to southeast. Towards the north the ridge falls to the Radowenz basin through which the Jívka ( Gibker water ) flows and south to the Schwadowitz basin. To the north of Přední Hradiště (rising front ratchet , 710 m), in the east of Hradiště ( ratchet Mountain , 683 m) and southeast the Kolčarka ( Holcarka , 691 m).
Surrounding villages are Studénka and Radvanice in the north, Horní Vernéřovice ( Ober-Radowenz ) in the northeast, Dolní Vernéřovice in the east, Jívka ( Jibka ) and Petrovice ( Petrowitz ) in the southeast, Přední Hory, Zadní Hory, Malé Svatoéňovice ( Klein Schwadowitz ) and Velkéňovice Svatoňovice ( Groß Schwadowitz ) in the south, U Buku and Na Kopci in the southwest, Starý Sedloňov ( Alt Sedlowitz ) and Markoušovice ( Markausch ) in the west and Paseka ( Brenden ) in the northwest.
geology
The witch's stone anesthesia rise in the southeastern part of the Schatzlar coal basin between the Radowenzer and Schwadowitz basins and also underlay their coal layers. Coal production in the depressions on both sides of the mountain has ceased in 1992.
description
The Žaltman consists of two peaks separated by a 200 m wide depression. A bunker line of the Czechoslovak Wall runs over the mountain . A twelve-meter-high observation tower has been located on the eastern summit since 1967, which, thanks to the exposed position of the ridge, provides a far-reaching panoramic view.
literature
- K. A. Weithofer: The Schatzlar-Schwadowitzer hollow wing of the Lower Silesian-Bohemian coal basin. In: Yearbook of the k. k. Geological Imperial Institute . Volume 47, 1897, pp. 455-478 and lithograph. Panels No. XIII and XIV (with description of the witch's stone anesthesia; PDF file, 1.95 MiB).
supporting documents
- ↑ Žaltman lookout tower . In: liberecky-kraj.cz . Krajský úřad Libereckého kraje, Liberecký kraj .