Úhošť () is a hill and a
national nature reserve in the
Ústà nad Labem Region of the
Czech Republic
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. It lies in the
Doupov Mountains. The hill reaches the elevation of . It is also a place where might have occurred the
Battle of Wogastisburg in 631 AD.
Geography
Úhošť is located in the
Doupov Mountains in the municipal territory of
Kadaň, between the villages Brodce and Pokutice (parts of Kadaň). The hill is a
mesa with an area of ; the plateau at the top has an area of .
It has been protected as a national nature reserve since 1974. The national nature reserve has an area of and a negligible area of the reserve lies also in the territory of
Klášterec nad OhÅ™Ã.
Nature
The hill arose in connection with the
volcanic activity thad created all the Doupov Mountains. It is thus mainly formed by
basalt.
In terms of plants, the area is very diverse. There are 1,000 plant species out of 3,000 recorded in the Czech Republic in the nature reserve.
[ The slopes are covered with natural forest and steppe phytocoenose with such plants as hepaticas, orchis, pasqueflowers and others.
There is also a rich bird colony ( owls, bee-eaters etc.).
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Settlement
There used to be a village Úhošť on the top of the hill. It probably existed in Prehistory
Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use ...
and some cultures from the Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
( KnovÃz culture) have been approved by excavations. The first written record of the village comes from 1401 when it was sold to a Kadaň townsman. It changed the holders coming usually from the nearby noble families. It remained in the property of the Thun family since the confiscations after the Battle of White Mountain till 1850 when it became an independent municipality and had a steady population of about 50 people. The population started to decline after World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, and the village was officially dissolved in 1963. Nowadays there are just scrubby ruins of several houses.
Tourism
There is an educational trail leading through the nature reserve.[
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References
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Former villages in the Czech Republic
Mountains and hills of the Czech Republic
Chomutov District
Populated places disestablished in 1963
1963 disestablishments in Europe
National nature reserves in the Czech Republic