Neumarker Pass
| Neumark pass Všerubský průsmyk |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
 View from the southwest of the Neumarker Pass |
|||
| Compass direction | southwest | Northeast | |
| Pass height | 510 m nm | ||
| region | Plzeňský kraj ( Czech Republic ) | ||
| Watershed | Hájecký potok → Chamb → Regen → Danube | Starecký potok → Zahořanský potok → Zubřina → Radbuza → Berounka → Moldau → Elbe | |
| Valley locations | Všeruby | Kdyně | |
| expansion | State Road 184 | ||
| Mountains | Bohemian Forest in the south, Upper Palatinate Forest in the north | ||
| profile | |||
| Ø pitch | 1.4% (65 m / 4.5 km) | 2.6% (70 m / 2.7 km) | |
| map | |||
|
|||
| Coordinates | 49 ° 22 '13 " N , 13 ° 0' 58" E | ||
The Neumarker Pass ( Czech Všerubský průsmyk ) is a pass in the Czech part of the Cham-Further valley between the Bohemian Forest and the Upper Palatinate Forest .
geography
It is located near Brůdek ( Fürthel ) between Všeruby ( Neumark ) and Kdyně ( Neugedein ). The Neumarker pass connects the Neumarker sink ( Všerubská brána ), the highest peak of the Jezvinec ( Gewintzyberg , 739 m ) is, on the valley of the Hájecký creek to the northeast with the Neugedeiner groove ( Kdyňská brázda ), which in the Čerchovský -Forest ( Čerchovský les ) passes. To the south is the mountain Svatá Anna ( Tannaberg , 515 m ) with the church of St. Anna. The European main watershed between the Elbe and the Danube runs over the pass .
history
The Regensburger Steig led over the pass via Furth im Wald, an important medieval connection from Prague to Regensburg . In 1040 the Battle of Biwanka between the Czech and Imperial armies took place here. Duke Břetislav I managed to defeat the army of Henry III , which had broken out against him . to prevent the invasion of Bohemia.
In May 1945, American troops moved over the Neumarker Pass to Bohemia.