The Jelení hora (German: ''Haßberg'') is a high mountain in the

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part of the Ore Mountains.

Location and surrounding area

The mountain lies immediately southeast of the village of

Kryštofovy Hamry Kryštofovy Hamry (german: Christophhammer) is a municipality and village in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Kryštofovy Hamry lies approximately west of Chomutov, west of � ...

(''Christophhammer''). It rises above the broad valley of the

Preßnitz The Preßnitz ( cs, Přísečnice or ''Přísečný potok'') is a right-hand tributary of the River Zschopau in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany and in the Czech Republic. It rises in the Bohemian Ore Mountains near Horní Halže, northwes ...

river and the , which is on the site of the former

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Přísečnice Přísečnice (german: Preßnitz) was a mining town in what is today the municipality of Kryštofovy Hamry in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It was located in the Ore Mountains. Name The town may have got its name from the ...

(''Preßnitz'').

Routes to the summit

The route to the summit sets out from the dam wall on the Preßnitz Reservoir, which is crossed on foot, and follows the

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track uphill to about 500 m after the dam where another metalled track branches off to the right. It follows this for about 400 m to the first bend in the track where it turns left onto a steep, straight path. Where this climb ends after about 1600 m, the route leaves the track, again to the left, and onto a footpath. After a final short climb this reaches the plateau of the Jelení hora.

Description

The steep, narrow and sparsely wooded

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'' of the mountain is striking as it rises above the broad plateaus of the Ore Mountain ridge and offers a good view of the Upper Ore Mountains and a glimpse into the Eger valley. At its highest elevation is a

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with a

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Location and surrounding area

Routes to the summit

Description

See also