Chojnik (mountain)
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| height | 627 m npm | |
| location | Lower Silesia , Poland | |
| Mountains | Giant Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 50 '2 " N , 15 ° 38' 42" E | |
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| rock | granite | |
The Chojnik ( Kynast ) is a wooded hilltop located on the northern foothills of the Giant Mountains , southwest of the district town Jelenia Góra ( Hirschberg ) on the boundary of the district Sobieszów ( Hermsdorf under the Kynast ) and thus in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in the Hirschberg Valley (Polish Kotlina Jeleniogórska ).
Nearby peaks
| Zbójeckie Skały | ||
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| Trzmielak | Żar | Rudzianki |
geology
Like the rest of the Giant Mountains, the mountain is made of granite. The southwest slope is made up of several dozen mighty boulders that crown a 150 m steep slope. Here the ruins of the Chojnik Castle ( Kynastburg ) rise above the so-called Hell Grounds . At the foot of the northern slope, at an altitude of about 460 to 500 m , there is a group of several meters high witness mountains , the Zbójeckie Skały (trans. Rogue rock ), which offer a beautiful panoramic view of Jelenia Góra. There are two small caves in the vicinity: At 530 m the Dziurawym Kamieniem ( Cave Stone ) cave , which at 19.5 meters is the longest tectonic rock fissure in the granite rocks of the Krkonoše Mountains. A little higher, at 550 m, the Jaskinia Zbójecka cave ( robber cave ), which, if you look closely, is just a large niche in the rock.
Conservation of nature, plants and animals
The peak and the castle are located in the area of a nature reserve, which is an exclave of the Karkonoski Park Narodowy (KPN, Krkonoše National Park). The forest cover consists of beech , pine and spruce . The following rare plants can be found here: The perennial silver leaf (Lunaria rediviva), the common fringed houseleek (Sempervivum globiferum), the field wreath (Gentiana Campestris) and the dry root (Inula conyzae). The fauna here is also interesting. In addition to many spider species, the following bird species are native: gray woodpecker ( Picus canus), miniature flycatcher (Ficedula parva) and stock dove (Columba oenas).
tourism
The Chojnik is well developed for tourists and there are some hiking trails from the foot up to the castle ruins.
▬ Route with red marking from Sobieszów ( Hermsdorf unterm Kynast )
▬ Route with black marking from Sobieszów
▬ Route with yellow marking from Podgórzyna Dolnego ( Nieder Giersdorf )
▬ Route with green marking from Jagniątków ( Agnetendorf )
▬ Route with green marking from Zachełmie ( Saalberg )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Szmytkie: Granite caves in the Polish part of the Giant Mountains ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Mapa turystyczna Karkonosze polskie i czeskie 1:25 000, Wydawnictwo "Plan", Jelenia Góra, ISBN 83-88049-26-7
- ↑ January Sarosiek, Kazimierz Sembrat, Andrzej Wiktor: Sudety ; Publisher: Wiedza Powszechna, Warszawa; 1975; P. 135
