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Smrk
Smrk may refer to: * Smrk (Jizera Mountains), the highest mountain in the Jizera Mountains of Bohemia, Czech Republic at 1124m * Smrk (Moravian-Silesian Beskids) Smrk is a massif and a mountain in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids range in the Czech Republic. With a height of it is the second highest summit of the range after Lysá hora. Its Northern slope steeply rises from the surrounding lowlands and is ..., a mountain in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids range in the Czech Republic * Smrk (Třebíč District), Vysočina, Czech Republic {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smrk (Moravian-Silesian Beskids)
Smrk is a massif and a mountain in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids range in the Czech Republic. With a height of it is the second highest summit of the range after Lysá hora. Its Northern slope steeply rises from the surrounding lowlands and is separated from the rest of the mountains by the deep Ostravice River (in the East) and Čeladenka (in the West) river valleys; in the South it merges in the lower Zadní hory (i.e. ''Rear mountains'') area. Although its name (which means spruce) suggests differently, it was originally covered mainly in beech and fir forests, with a higher share of spruce closer to the summit. During the industrial revolution in the region under the mountains in the 18th and 19th centuries when many ironworks were established, with a center in Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, there was a high demand for firewood and the original forests were felled out and replaced by secondary spruce plantations. These were heavily damaged by industrial fall-out from the Ostr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smrk (Jizera Mountains)
Smrk ( pl, Smrek; german: Tafelfichte) is the highest mountain in the Czech part of the Jizera Mountains. Rising , it is sometimes known as "The King of the Jizera Mountains". Geography The top of the mountain lies in the municipal territory of Lázně Libverda in the Liberec Region of northern Bohemia. On the eastern rim of the plateau is the boundary with Poland; the Polish summit west of Świeradów-Zdrój reaches a height of . The summit offers a panoramic view to the prominent Sněžka peak of the Giant Mountains in the east, as well as to the Lusatian Highlands beyond the German border in the west up to the cooling towers of Boxberg Power Station. History The "Tabulový kámen" (''Tafelstein'') stone monument on the northern slope marks the site, which since the Middle Ages formed the historic tripoint between * the Upper Lusatian lordship of ''Meffersdorf'' (Polish: Unięcice, in present-day Pobiedna) * the Lower Silesian duchy of Jawor, where the lands around Sz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
