Horní les
| Horní les | ||
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 Transmission and observation tower |
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| height | 774.25 m nm | |
| location | Czech Republic | |
| Mountains | Hornosvratecká vrchovina | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 35 ′ 28 " N , 16 ° 20 ′ 31" E | |
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| particularities | highest point of the Svratecká hornatina | |
The Horní les (German Oberwald ) is a mountain in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands . It is located on the cadastre of the Rovečné municipality in the Svratecká hornatina nature park and is its highest point at 774.25 m. Nine meters below the summit there is a 59 m high transmission and observation tower.
location
The wooded mountain rises one kilometer south of the village of Nyklovice over the valleys of the brooks Nyklovský potok, Nyklovický potok and Tresný potok. Javorův Kopec (683 m) is upstream of the Vír I dam to the southwest to Korouhvice Bay . The surrounding towns are Nyklovice, Dudkovice, Rovečné , Věstín , Chlum-Korouhvice , Polom and Sulkovec . The nature reserve of the same name is located on the southern slope of the Javorův Kopec foothill.
history
A trigonometric point was set up on the mountain about two kilometers south of the Moravian border with Bohemia in 1824. Around 1918 the Rakušanka lookout point existed on the upper forest. The trigonometric mast was renewed in 1936 and increased to 21 m. It existed until 1954.
Between 1968 and 1969 a 38 m high wooden tower was built, which collapsed in 1974 due to icing. Its last dilapidated remains were removed in 2000.
60 m southeast of the summit at 765 m above sea level. M. started the construction of a steel transmission tower through the company Eurotel Praha in 2001. The 59 m high structure was given a viewing platform at a height of 38 m, which can be reached via 201 steps and was opened on April 19, 2002. The tower is accessible at any time from April 15 to October 15 and is closed during the winter months.
From the viewing platform at 803 m above sea level. M. there is an unobstructed view of the Zubštejn castle ruins , parts of the town of Bystřice nad Pernštejnem and the Vír reservoir. The Polička sports airfield , the Kojál transmission tower , the observation tower on the Podvrší in the Moravian Karst , the Svratka valley , the Harusův kopec and in the Saar mountains the Buchtův Kopec, Daňkovice and the Devět Skal can also be seen in the vicinity . From a distance you can also see the towers of the Dukovany nuclear power plant , the Kłodzko Schneeberg and the Jeseníky Mountains with the Praděd and, in rare cases, the Giant Mountains .