Bořeň (german: Borschen; 539 m) is a

phonolite Phonolite is an uncommon extrusive rock, of intermediate chemical composition between felsic and mafic, with texture ranging from aphanitic (fine-grained) to porphyritic (mixed fine- and coarse-grained). Phonolite is a variation of the igneous ...

hill two kilometres south of

Bílina Bílina (; german: Bilin) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It is known for its spas and as a source of the strongly mineralized water, Bílinská kyselka. The to ...

in northwest

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. When seen from the northwest side, the hill has the shape of a lying lion. It is a structure similar to the

Devils Tower Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte) is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle F ...

in Wyoming, and is the largest phonolite structure of its kind in Europe. Bořen dominates both the town Bílina and the

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, with its distinctive silhouette visible from a number of remote locations. There are also mineral water springs which are the source of Bílinská Kyselka water.

References

External links

Climbing guide – Stanislav Emingr, Ladislav Vörös

Virtual panorama from the top of the Bořeň

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boren Rock formations of the Czech Republic Mountains and hills of the Czech Republic Geography of the Ústí nad Labem Region Teplice District