Rtanj
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| Highest peak | Šiljak ( 1565 m ) | |
| location | East serbia | |
| part of | Carpathians | |
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 46 '34 " N , 21 ° 53' 39" E | |
The Rtanj ( Serbian - Cyrillic Ртањ ) is a seven-kilometer mountain range in eastern Serbia . It is counted among the Carpathians . The mountain range is part of an approximately 125 km² nature reserve , the border of which is formed in the east by the Crni Timok and the Boljevac - Rujište line . The mountain range consists of limestone , Paleozoic slate and sandstone . In the altitude range between 700 and 950 meters there is a not very thick layer of dolomite . In this area there is a continental mountain climate , it is determined by a mixed forest of firs and beeches , as well as some meadows.
The highest mountain is the Šiljak at 1,565 m , on the top of which there are the ruins of a chapel. Some believed that its pyramidal shape could save the mountain from the end of the world on December 21, 2012 , which the Maya calendar supposedly predicted .
Flora and fauna
The predominant habitat types are old mixed forest as well as wild or hardly cultivated, plant-rich meadows on limestone soils. In this area, 26 different plant communities and 644 plant species have been counted, 25 of which are endemic .
Knowledge of the fauna is assessed as satisfactory and the presence of 102 different animal species has been proven. Among them are the butterflies Quendel- and blue gentian , meadowsweet-mother-of-pearl and Esperarge climene which are of particular importance in Serbia. The following types of dragonflies also occur: banded demoiselle , autumn damsel , large damsel and striped damsel . Hawk , sparrowhawk , buzzard , wood pigeon and green woodpecker have been identified in the birds, and the field shrew , western blind vole , European mole and squirrel in the mammals .
The biodiversity is considered to be comparatively well preserved, there is only a minor influence of humans, this consists mainly in the timber industry and the collecting of medicinal plants . The Rtanjski čaj or Rtanjtee - herbal tea from the autochthonous Satureja kitaibelii from the genus of savory herbs - comes from this region.
Grazing and use as a recreational area are negligible. Since 1958 the area has the status of a nature reserve ( Rezervata prirode ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d HabiProt: Rtanj ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Mountain In East Serbia Believed To Be Noah's Ark. The Balkans Daily, December 12, 2012
- ↑ Nick Squires: Mayan apocalypse: Serbia's mystic mountain targeted by believers. The Telegraph, December 10, 2012
- ↑ Rtanj bez čaja. At: Politika.rs. September 23, 2008.
