Skalky
| Skalky | ||
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 Skalky - top |
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| height | 735 m nm | |
| location | Czech Republic | |
| Mountains | Drahanská vrchovina | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 30 '5 " N , 16 ° 47' 23" E | |
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| Type | Ridges | |
The Skalky (735 m) is the highest point of the Drahanská vrchovina and Brněnská vrchovina in the Czech Republic .
geography
The wooded hilltop is one and a half kilometers southeast of Benešov in the Drahaner Bergland . It belongs to the cadastre of Protivanov in Okres Prostějov . The sub-peak Skály (723 m) connects to the southeast. The Žďárná or Suchý potok rises on the northwest slope of the Skalky and the Sloupský potok on the southern slope, which later merge to form the Punkva . The source of the Zábrana is located on the western slope, and the Bělá rises in the Pavlovské mokřady at the northern foot. The headwaters of the Hamerský potok, located on the northeast slope, have been protected as a natural monument of Prameniště Hamerského potoka since 1990 . To the west is the Pod Liščím kupem natural monument on the Zábrana .
The medieval Benýška desert lies at the northern foot of the Skalky and the Bouchenec desert at the foot of the Skály.
Surrounding places are Pavlov in the north, Buková in the northeast, Protivanov in the southeast, Skelná Huť in the south, Suchý in the southwest and Benešov in the northwest.
history
Because of its exposed location , Skalky, on the border of the Blansko and Prostějov districts , was planned as the location of a weather radar station since the late 1960s . Only the Prague-Libuš station was built during the communist times in 1971, the only one in Czechoslovakia . With the digitization of the Czechoslovak weather radar system in 1992, the old plans to set up another 16 manually operated stations were taken up again. A new concept emerged from this by 1993, which was now based on remote-controlled automatic stations on the basis of technical progress. The decision to build a 35 high weather radar tower a hundred meters west of the summit of Skalky at 730 m nm was made in May 1993 and was implemented by 1995 according to plans by Stavospol sro Brno. After a trial run, the station was put into operation on April 11, 1996.