The Plešivec (german: Pleßberg) is one of the mountains over 1,000 metres high in the
Ore Mountains of Central Europe and lies on the territory of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
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Location and surrounding area
The Plešivec or Pleßberg lies southeast of
Abertamy
Abertamy (german: Abertham) is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. The town is known as a winter sports centre.
Administrative parts
The village of Hřebečná is the adm ...
(''Abertham'') at the most striking escarpment of the Ore Mountains where it drops into the valley of the river Eger. West of the mountain lies the valley of the
Bystřice (''Wistritz'').
Sources
* Reinhart Heppner/Jörg Brückner/Helmut Schmidt: ''Sächsisch-böhmische Aussichtsberge des westlichen Erzgebirges in Wort und Bild mit touristischen Angaben.'' Horb am Neckar 2000, p. 24–26.
Mountains and hills of the Czech Republic
Mountains of the Ore Mountains
One-thousanders of the Czech Republic
Karlovy Vary District
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