Jeschken Mountains
| Jeschken Mountains | ||
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 View to the Jeschkengebirge with Ještěd |
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| Highest peak | Ještěd ( Jeschken ) ( 1012 m nm ) | |
| location | Czech Republic | |
| part of | West Sudetes | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 44 ′ N , 15 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Jeschkengebirge , also Jeschkenkamm ( Czech Ještědský hřbet ), is part of the Sudetes in the Czech Republic . The highest elevation is the Ještěd ( Jeschken ) with 1012 m nm
Topographic description
The mountains are located in northern Bohemia in continuation of the Lusatian Mountains and continue to the southeast in Kozákovský hřbet . Together with this it forms the geomorphological unit Ještědsko-kozákovský hřbet . In the east are the Jizera and Giant Mountains .
The Jeschkengebirge belongs to the Bohemian peripheral mountains, which enclose Bohemia like a wall. It rises steeply and suddenly from the relatively flat land in the south. In the north it seals off the Lusatian Neisse basin with the cities of Liberec ( Reichenberg ) and Jablonec nad Nisou ( Gablonz ). Large parts of the mountains are overgrown with dense beech forests, in the ridge regions the once dense spruce forests were destroyed by acid rain .
tourism
Between 1899 and 1974 the popular excursion restaurant "Riesenfass" was located on the Javorník .
Significant surveys
- Ještěd ( Jeschken ), 1012 m nm
- Vápenný ( Great Limestone Mountain ), 790 m nm
- Javorník ( Jaberlich ), 684 m nm
- Císařský kámen ( Imperial Stone ), 637 m nm
