KRKONOŠE MOUNTAINS(GIANT MOUNTAINS)

National park of Czech Republic

KRKONOŠE

KRKONOŠE Extent:631 km2 Elevation:1,603 m Peak:Sněžka Countries:Czech

Republic and Poland

Regions:Liberec Region(CZ),Hradec Králové, Lower Silesian Voivodeship(PL)

KRKONOŠE are a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland.

On both sides of the border, large areas of the mountains are designated national parks (the Krkonoše National Park in the Czech Republic and the Krkonosze National Park in Poland).

According to legend,the mountains are guarded by a fabulous ghost Krakonoš.It is among the most popular mountain locations of Czech Republic.

A BIT OF HISTORYColonization: Until the Middle Ages the mountain range and its foothills were

an unpopulated place of deep, impenetrable forests. The first mention of colonization of foothills are known from the

mid-13th century, it was probably a Slavic settlement.Later came the second wave of colonization of the German population that settled in the second half of the 13th century, mainly near the rivers Labe and Upa. Thus began the foothills rise resort city type, for example Hostinné and Trutnov. In the 14th century there was a turning point, when Silesia became part of the Czech crown and border forests lost its strategic importance.

Another important element was during the 16th century the development of mining industry . The mining industry was related to logging, which later turned into an enormous devastation of forests. All the wood was utilized, and thus the natural rejuvenation of the forest was avoided. It got so bad that the production had to be stopped in 1609 and moved to the Eagle Mountains(Orlické Hory).

A BIT OF HISTORY In the 18th and 19th centuries forests

were in very bad state. Causing the destruction and conversion of alpine vegetation. All rare flora disappeared. That started afforestation, but because of to imported seed, there was a gradual displacement of original highly resistant ecotype of spruce. It was replaced by the less resistant type.

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in the Krknoše tourism started to develop, economic building changed into tourist accommodation facilities for visitors. The originally small settlements became a major tourism and sports centers.

Giant Mountains National Park was proclaimed May 17th 1963, four years after Polish Karkonoski Park Narodowy, which was proclaimed on 16th of January 1959.

TOURISM Pec pod Sněžkou Špindlerův Mlýn Horní Maršov Janské Lázně Harrachov Rokytnice nad Jizerou

PEC POD SNĚŽKOU

PEC POD SNĚŽKOU is a town in Hradec Králové region,the

town is nestled into Krkonoše The highest peak of Krkonoše(Sněžka) is

in the territory of the town. Pec pod Sněžkou is a part of SkiResort

Černá Hora. The modern dominant of the city is

nineteen storey and fifty meters tall hotel Horizont, project was founded in 1964 and its construction began in 1971st

HOTEL HORIZONT

JANSKÉ LÁZNĚ

ČERNÁ HORA(BLACK MOUNTAIN)

ČERNÁ HORA is a mountain in eastern

Krkonoše,located 3,5km northwest of spa town Janské Lázně and 5km south of Pec pod Sněžkou

Elevation:1299m Near the top is Černohorské peat

bogs.which belongs to the popular tourist destinations.

Černá Hora is a part of SkiResort Černá Hora.

ŠPINDLERŮV MLÝN

ŠPINDLERŮV MLÝN is an important center of tourism in

Krkonoše Elevation:575-1555 m The second highest peak of Czech

Republic Luční Hora,can be found here. The town is well known for being one of

the most visited winter sports resorts in Czech Republic.Ski tracks length is 25 km in total.

NATURE IN KRKONOŠE

NATURE IN KRKONOŠE Mountains form the northernmost

Central European mountain wall, stretching a length of just above 50 degrees north latitude.

About 300 types of vertebrates and over 1200 types of vascular plants and several more Pteridosperms plants (such as moss, slime mold, ferns, lichens etc.) hide in the mountains.

SNĚŽKAThe highest peak of Czech Republic.

LUČNÍ HORAThe second highest peak of Czech Republic.

SOME NICE PICTURES OF KRKONOŠE

SEE YOU SOON IN GIANT MOUNTAINS

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