Cherny Wrach
| Cherny Wrach | ||
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 The meteorological station on the Cherni Vrach |
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| height | 2290 m | |
| location | Sofia Oblast , Bulgaria | |
| Mountains | Vitosha Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 33 '49 " N , 23 ° 16' 42" E | |
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| particularities | highest mountain of the Vitoschagebriges | |
The Tscherni Wrach ( Bulgarian Черни връх ; in German: Black Summit ) is the highest mountain in the Vitosha Mountains at 2290 m .
This makes the Vitosha Mountains with the Tscherni Wrach the fourth highest mountain range in Bulgaria, after the Rila Mountains with the Musala summit (2925 m), the Pirin Mountains with the Wichren summit (2914 m) and the Balkan Mountains with the Botew summit (2376 m).
There is a meteorological station in the immediate vicinity of the summit. 1.4 km from the summit, on the Malak Reszen summit (2191 m), is the mountain station of the Romanski chairlift. The valley station is in Schtastliweza , an excursion and skiing area. Several ski slopes lead into the valley.
The actual summit of the Tscherni Wrach lies on a relatively flat high plateau, over which it only rises slightly, and can be reached from the mountain station with almost no significant ascent.
From the summit there is a very good view to the north, of Sofia and the entire Sofia plain and the Balkan mountains in the distance .
As the summit is close to the capital Sofia, it is visited by many tourists.
The Cherni Wrach is one of the 100 national tourist objects of Bulgaria , an initiative of the Bulgarian Tourism Association .
Immediately to the northwest is the Torfeno Branischte nature reserve . In the immediate vicinity of the summit there are some extensive block heaps , which are referred to here as "stone rivers" or incorrectly as moraines . The rivers Vladaya and Boyana (draining to the north) and Struma (draining to the south) also have their headwaters here.
The summit is part of the watershed between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean . From the northern slope of the summit, the water flows into the Iskar and further into the Danube and the Black Sea, while the water from the southern slope flows into the Struma River and the Aegean Sea .
The weather station on the summit was built in 1935, one year after the Vitosha Mountains were declared a national park. It is the oldest national park in Bulgaria.
The weather station does not offer overnight accommodation, but serves as a refuge in bad weather. There is a cafeteria here that also offers hot meals. A mountain rescue team is also stationed on the summit.
The closest mountain hut is the Aleko mountain hut , which is 3 km to the north-north-east, which can be easily reached via a lift and road from Sofia . There is regular bus service to Sofia. The second mountain hut near the Cherni Wrach is the Kumata mountain hut , which is 5.5 km to the north-west, at an altitude of 1725 m.
It's often very windy on the summit. With an average wind speed of 9.3 m / s, the peak in Bulgaria is only surpassed by the Murgasch summit in the Balkan Mountains, where an average wind speed of 10.3 m / s is measured.
According to legend, the summit was first built in 181 BC. Mounted by Philip V of Macedonia in the 3rd century BC .
On August 23, 1899 (according to other sources: August 27, 1895) the Bulgarian Tourist Board was founded at the summit . In addition, the summit was climbed by 300 tourists, among whom were the writers Ivan Wasov and Aleko Konstantinov . The latter was also the initiator of the initiative. Since this date is considered to be the birth of Bulgarian tourism, great hikes to the summit are organized annually on this day.
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The weather station at Cherni Wrach
Radar station near the summit
View from the western edge over the high plateau of the Vitosha Mountains, in the background on the horizon the Cherni Wrach with the easily recognizable radar station
A wintry ski slope on the northern slope of Cherni Wrach
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The etymology of the name, in German: Black Summit , is uncertain. The popular explanation is that the black color of the rock at the summit gave it its name.
In another opinion, the name comes from the dark-looking mountain pines that covered the high plateau until they were burned down in the Middle Ages to make more grazing space for the flocks of sheep.
Today there are very few groups of mountain pines near the Cherni Vrach. Despite efforts to promote their spread, their populations are slow to recover and expand.