Králický Sněžník () or Śnieżnik () is a mountain on the border between the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

and

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. With , it is the highest mountain of the Králický Sněžník Mountains.

Etymology

The name ''Sněžník'' or ''Śnieżnik'' derives from the word for "snow"; the mountain has snow cover for up to eight months a year. In Czech the adjective ''Králický'' (from the nearby town of Králíky) is added to distinguish it from the mountain called

Děčínský Sněžník The Děčínský Sněžník () is a mountain in the Czech Republic. At above sea level, it is the highest peak of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. Geography Děčínský Sněžník is located in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in the Ústí nad Labem ...

(near the town of Děčín). An alternative Polish name is ''Śnieżnik Kłodzki'', from the town of Kłodzko. In German the mountain is known as ''Glatzer Schneeberg'' (from ''Glatz'', the German name for Kłodzko), ''Grulicher Schneeberg'' (from ''Grulich'', the German name for Králíky), or ''Spieglitzer Schneeberg'' (from ''Spieglitz'', which is now part of Staré Město).

Geography

The mountain is the highest peak of the Králický Sněžník Mountains. It lies between the town Králíky and the Kłodzko Valley that separates it from the Golden Mountains. The massive was formed during the

Tertiary Tertiary (from Latin, meaning 'third' or 'of the third degree/order..') may refer to: * Tertiary period, an obsolete geologic period spanning from 66 to 2.6 million years ago * Tertiary (chemistry), a term describing bonding patterns in organic ch ...

. Sněžník lies on the water divide for the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

(the Morava) and the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...

(the Nysa Kłodzka). Klepáč, the water divide for the

, the

, and the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...

(the Lipkovský Stream) lies south of Sněžník. Between 1899 and 1973 a stone view-tower stood on the

Silesia Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...

n side of the mountain top. A statue of a young elephant was put in place of a former chalet. On the Czech side a state protected Králický Sněžník National Nature Reserve was established in 1990.Výsledky hledání
/ref> On the Polish side is the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

of Śnieżnik Landscape Park. The mountain and neighbouring areas are equipped for ski recreation.

Gallery

Morava spring.jpg, Spring of the river Morava below the top of Králický Snežník Statue of elephant on the top of mountain Kralicky Sneznik.jpg, Statue of young elephant, a symbol of the mountain Kralicky-Sneznik-02.jpg, Králický Sněžník from south in May 2008 Snieznik Klodzki mountain (southern side).jpeg, Králický Sněžník from south

References

External links

National Nature Reserve Králický Sněžník
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kralicky Sneznik Mountains and hills of the Czech Republic Mountains of Poland Landforms of Lower Silesian Voivodeship Geography of the Pardubice Region Geography of the Olomouc Region Czech Republic–Poland border International mountains of Europe Mountain peaks of the Sudetes