Božídarský Špičák

The Božídarský Špičák (German: Gottesgaber Spitzberg) is the third highest mountain of the Ore Mountains. It lies in the Czech Republic near the highest town in Central Europe, Boží Dar.

Location and surrounding area

The Božídarský Špičák lies two kilometres southwest of Boží Dar on the plateau of the Ore Mountains. The summit and the southern slopes belong to the municipal territory of Jáchymov, the northern slopes belong to Boží Dar. At the western foot of the summit there is an observation point near the ruins of the Spitzberghäuser, including those of the inn, Zur Wunderblume. To the northwest on the Černá creek is the Myslivny Reservoir.

Geology

The Božídarský Špičák is the highest nephiline basalt summit (kuppe) in Central Europe.

Nature

The summit and the surrounding area with the peat bogs is protected as the Božídarské rašeliniště National Nature Reserve. For nature conservation reasons its summit is not open to the public.

History

Towards the end of the 19th century a wooden observation tower was erected on the summit, the key to which had to be borrowed from the Spitzberghäusern. However, after a few years the tower fell into ruins due to the effects of the weather and had to be demolished.

Views

From the western foot of the Božídarský Špičák there is a panoramic view of the Ore Mountain ridge towards the west between Plešivec and Auersberg. To the south the view offers, where it is not blocked by trees, views of the valley of the river Ohře.

Text taken from Wikipedia - Božídarský Špičák under the CC-BY-SA-3.0 on April 13, 2023
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