Leutschauer Mountains
| Leutschauer Mountains | ||
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.jpg) Leutschauer Mountains |
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| Highest peak | Čierna Hora ( 1290 m nm ) | |
| location | Slovakia | |
| part of | Beskydy Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 10 ′ N , 20 ° 35 ′ E | |
The Leutschauer Berge (also Leutschauer Gebirge , Slovak Levočské vrchy ) are a mountain range in the east of Slovakia north of the town Levoča (German Leutschau ).
The area consists of a massive ridge with elevations up to 1200 meters. A branched system of forks, criss-crossed by deeply cutting valleys, unites in the center. The shape is determined by thick layers of sandstone and thinner layers of slate and gravel . Due to its location in the rain shadow of the High Tatras , the area has relatively little rainfall.
The highest mountains include the Čierna Hora (German “height”, 1290 m nm ), the Siminy (German “Großer Schimmen”, 1287 m nm ), the Ihla (German “needle”, 1282 m nm ), the Repisko (German "Reps", 1250 m nm ) and the Javorina (German "Kniebeuger", 1224 m nm ). The high and inaccessible peaks are covered by spruce and fir forests , the latter especially in the more humid valleys. There are also mixed forests of beech , oak and fir on the south and south-west slopes .
Slavic settlement can be proven in the area since the 7th century . But it was not until the 13th century that the population increased sharply, when the Hungarian kings decided after the Mongol invasions in the 13th and 14th centuries to bring German settlers into the country. The resulting mining resulted in cities bordering the mountains such as Levoča (Leutschau), Kežmarok (Käsmark) and Ľubica (Leibitz).
In the 13th and 15th centuries, the forest areas in some valleys in the south were cleared and Wallachians settled. So the places Torysky (German Siebenbrunn ), Repaše (German Ripsch ) and Oľšavica (German Olschau ) were created.
From 1953, most of the mountain was part of the Javorina military training area , so that many settlements had to be evacuated. At the beginning of 2011, the site was returned to civilian use and the military district was divided among the surrounding communities.