Ústecký kraj

The České středohoří, also known as Central Bohemian Uplands or Central Bohemian Highlands, is a geomorphological region in northern Bohemia of the Czech Republic. Geography The region is about 80 km long, extending from Česká Lípa in the northeast to Louny in the southwest and from Litoměřice in the south to Děčín in the north, and is intersected by the river Elbe. The mountains, which are of volcanic origin, have distinctively sharp solitary peaks. Protection The eponymous protected landscape …

Říp Mountain (also known as Říp Hill; Czech: [ˈɦora ˈr̝iːp]; German: Sankt) is a high solitary hill located 20 km south-east of Litoměřice, Czech Republic. According to national legend, it is the place where the first Czechs settled. The mountain and the rotunda on its top are among the Czech national cultural monuments. Říp, being visible from great distance, has always been an important orientation point in the Bohemian scenery and has attracted attention since the oldest times. The historica…

Komáří hůrka (German: Mückenberg) is one of the highest mountains in the Eastern Ore Mountains on the territory of the Czech Republic. Location and surroundings Komáří hůrka lies northeast of Krupka (Graupen) and southeast of Cínovec (Böhmisch Zinnwald) immediately on the steepest section of the Ore Mountain escarpment. As a result, it is a good observation point, from which there are views in almost all directions of the compass. In addition the characteristic appearance of a fault block mounta…

The Tisa Rocks or Tisa Walls (Czech: Tiské stěny; German: Tyssaer Wände) are a group of rocks in the Czech Republic. It is located in the western Elbe Sandstone Mountains, not far from its topographical boundary with the Ore Mountains. The region, with its rock pillars up to 30 m high, is one of the major tourist attractions of the region. The Tisa Rocks and the neighbouring Bürschlické Rocks are protected as a nature monument. Topography and geology The Tisa Rocks are located at a height of abo…

Bohemian Switzerland (Czech: České Švýcarsko; German: Böhmische Schweiz), also known as Czech Switzerland, is a nature region in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the northwestern Czech Republic, protected as a national park. It has been a protected area (as Elbe Sandstone Mountains Protected Landscape Area) since 1972. The region along the right side of the Elbe became a national park on 1 January 2000. The national park is adjacent to the Saxon Switzerland National Park in Germany. Together with…

The Georgenfelder Hochmoor is a raised bog (Hochmoor) in the German Ore Mountains of central Europe, not far from Zinnwald-Georgenfeld. It is part of a larger bog or moor complex, that lies to the south, mainly on the far side of the Germany's national border in the Czech Republic and which, since time immemorial, has been known simply as "The Lake" (Die See). The Georgenfelder Hochmoor is one of the oldest nature reserves in Saxony. Geography Location Zinnwald-Georgenfeld, which lies right on t…

The Most Basin (also known as North Bohemian Basin; Czech: Mostecká pánev, German: Nordböhmisches Becken) is a structural basin and geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is named after the city of Most. It forms the southwestern and central parts of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is among the richest European deposits of lignite, which has been extracted here since the second half of 19th century, mostly by extensive surface mining. Geomorphology The Most Basin is a mesoregion of …