Blatenský vrch
| Blatenský vrch | ||
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 Plattenberg 2005 |
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| height | 1043 m nm | |
| location | Czech Republic , Karlovy Vary Region | |
| Mountains | Ore Mountains | |
| Dominance | 7.6 km → Božídarský Špičák ( Ore Mountains ) | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 24 '1 " N , 12 ° 46' 54" E | |
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| rock | granite | |
| Development | 1913 Construction of the observation tower | |
The Blatenský vrch ( German Plattenberg ) is with a height of 1043 m above sea level. NHN one of the over 1000 meter high mountains of the Ore Mountains in the immediate vicinity of the town of Horní Blatná ( mountain town Platten ) in the Czech Republic .
Location and surroundings
The Plattenberg is located in the Czech part of the Ore Mountains (Czech: Krušné hory). It is located in the municipality of Potůčky (Breitenbach), but in the immediate vicinity northeast of Horní Blatná. It can be reached in around 20 minutes on foot from Horní Blatná train station on the Karlsbad – Johanngeorgenstadt railway line . There is also a narrow access road to the summit, which branches off the Horní Blatná – Boží Dar road.
history
The mountain range consists mainly of granite . Already in the early modern period there was lively tin and iron ore mining in the area around the mountain, to which the founding of the neighboring mining town of Platten in 1534 can be traced back.
Origin of the name
The name of the Plattenberg is most likely due to its relatively flat shape. Especially from the south it hardly stands out from the plateau of the Ore Mountains.
Tourist development
Wolf and ice penguins at the foot of the mountain attracted more and more tourists to the Plattenberg at the beginning of the 20th century, so that the winter sports club of the mountain town of Platten decided in 1906 to build a managed refuge on the summit. Due to the high demand, a larger accommodation house with a hotel and a lookout tower was built next to the hut in 1913. The 21 m high tower was named the Archduchess Zita observation tower . In the twenties the Plattenberg was so popular that in the course of 1928 it became necessary to add a hall and relocate the entrance to the mountain hotel. During the Second World War the tower served as an observation post for the air defense of the Wehrmacht . After almost all German residents of Czechoslovakia were expelled in 1946 , the mountain hotel stood empty, fell into ruin and was demolished around 1970. Only the observation tower was preserved and can still be visited today.
Views
If the conditions are good, you can look in the direction
- Northwest: to Johanngeorgenstadt and to Auersberg ,
- North: to Breitenbrunn and Rittersgrün ,
- Northeast: to Pöhlberg and Fichtelberg ,
- East: to Klínovec (Keilberg),
- Southeast: to Plešivec (Pleßberg),
- South: to the Egergraben .
However, the all-round view is now partially hindered by the regrowth of surrounding trees.
Routes to the summit
- From Johanngeorgenstadt via the pedestrian border crossing to Potůčky (Breitenbach) on the Anton-Günther-Weg, first follow the green, then the yellow marking up through the forest (approx. 8 km).
- From Boží Dar (Gottesgab) the main hiking trail marked red via Bludná (Irrgang) to the mountain peak (approx. 15 km).
- If you choose to descend to Platten from the summit, after a few hundred meters you will reach wolf and ice penguins , which were created by tin mining.
- The most comfortable route branches off as a narrow road from the Horní Blatná (mountain town Platten) - Boží Dar (Gottesgab) road and from there leads north to the summit (approx. 1 km).
- The Anton-Günther-Weg leads over the summit.
Mountain landlords / tenants
- 1906: Anton Geier
- 1921: Emil Hieke
- 1922: Hans Hippmann
- 1925/30: Alfred Schmalz
- 1931/32: Anton Felber
- 1938/41: Josef Danzer
literature
- Reinhart Heppner , Jörg Brückner , Helmut Schmidt: Saxon-Bohemian panoramic mountains of the western Ore Mountains in words and pictures with tourist information . Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2000, pp. 27-29, ISBN 3-89570-593-4 .
- Ulrich Möckel: From the refuge to the sports hotel - catering on the Plattenberg. in: The cross-border commuter. Information from the Bohemian Ore Mountains, issue 72, June 2018, Schönheide 2018, pp. 26-27 ( digitized version )
