Lusatian Mountains

Mountain range in Germany and the Czech Republic

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Lusatian Mountains

Cross-country skiing route along the Lusatian Mountains' main ridge. The mountain in the background is the Lausche.

Highest point
Peak| Lausche (Luž)
Elevation| 793 m (2,602 ft)
Coordinates| 50°50′56″N 14°38′49″E﻿ / ﻿50.84889°N 14.64694°E﻿ / 50.84889; 14.64694
Geography

Western Sudetes with Lusatian Mountains (5)

Countries|

* Germany
* Czech Republic

States|

* Saxony
* Bohemia

Parent range| Western Sudetes
Geology
Rock types|

* Sandstone
* Granite

The Lusatian Mountains[1] (Czech: Lužické hory; German: Lausitzer Gebirge; Polish: Góry Łużyckie) are a mountain range of the Western Sudetes on the southeastern border of Germany with the Czech Republic. They are a continuation of the Ore Mountains range west of the Elbe valley. The mountains of the northern, German, part are called the Zittau Mountains.

## Geography

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The Lausche, viewed from the north

The range is among the westernmost extensions of the Sudetes, which stretch along the border between the historic region of Silesia in the north, and Bohemia and Moravia in the south up to the Moravian Gate in the east, where they join the Carpathian Mountains. The northwestern foothills of the Lusatian Mountains are called the Lusatian Highlands; in the southwest the range borders on the Central Bohemian Uplands.

The range is largely made up of sandstone sedimentary rocks leaning on a Precambrian crystalline basement. The northern ridge is marked by the Lusatian Fault, a geological disturbance zone separating the Bohemian sandstones from the Lusatian granodiorite. During the Tertiary volcanic magma streams broke through the sandstone layer and solidified into basalt and phonolite. Several sandstone contact areas were also hardened to columns and distinct rock formations.

## Mountains and hills

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Pěnkavčí vrch View of Klíč in winter

The highest peak is the Lausche (793 m). Other notable peaks include the Pěnkavčí vrch (792m), Jedlová (774m), Klíč (760m), Hochwald (750m) and Studenec (736m).

* Lausche (Luž), 793 m
* Pěnkavčí vrch (Finkenkoppe), 792 m
* Jedlová (Tannenberg), 774 m
* Klíč (Kleis), 760 m
* Hochwald (Hvozd), 750 m
* Studenec (Kaltenberg), 736 m
* Stožec (Großer Schöber), 665 m
* Jezevčí vrch (Limberg), 665 m
* Malý Stožec (Kleiner Schöber) 659 m
* Zlatý vrch (Goldberg), 657 m
* Chřibský vrch (Himpelberg), 621 m
* Jánské kameny (Johannisstein), 604 m
* Střední vrch (Mittenberg), 593 m
* Sokol (Falkenberg), 592 m
* Töpfer, 582 m
* Popova skála (Pfaffenstein), 565 m
* Ortel (Ortelsberg), 554 m
* Zámecký vrch (Schlossberg), 530 m
* Oybin, 514 m
* Kuhberg, 433 m

## Protections

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The Czech part of the Lusatian Mountains have been a nature reserve since 1976, covering an area of 264 km2 (102 sq mi). Administratively it is known as the Lusatian Mountains Protected Landscape Area (CHKO Lužické hory) and has the status of CHKO, a so-called Landscape park.[2] The smaller German part of the mountains also became a nature protection in 2008, when the Zittau Mountain Nature Park was established, with the effect that the entire Lusatian Mountains is now under some form of nature protection.

## See also

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* List of regions of Saxony
* Lusatian Highlands
* Bohemian track

## References

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1. ^ Lusatian Mountains at www.luzicke-hory.cz (accessed 29 Apr 2011).
2. ^ "Správa CHKO Lužické hory" [Administration of the Lusatian Mountains Protected Landscape Area] (in Czech). Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

## External links

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Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic

* Bohemian Forest
* Brdy
* Central Bohemian Uplands
* Doupov Mountains
* Elbe Sandstone Mountains
* Fichtel Mountains
* Giant Mountains
* Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains
* Hrubý Jeseník
* Javořice Highlands
* Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge
* Jizera Mountains
* Lusatian Mountains
* Maple Mountains
* Moravian-Silesian Beskids
* Ore Mountains
* Upper Palatinate Forest
* White Carpathians

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Central Uplands of Germany

* Anterior Bavarian Forest Einödriegel
* Black Forest Feldberg
* Bohemian Forest Großer Arber (Bavarian Forest Großer Arber)
* Deister Bröhn
* Ebbe Mountains Nordhelle
* Egge Mountains (Prussian) Velmerstot
* Eifel Hohe Acht (Volcanic Eifel Ernstberg)
* Elbe Sandstone Mountains Großer Zschirnstein
* Elm Eilumer Horn
* Elster Mountains Kapellenberg
* Fichtel Mountains Schneeberg (Steinwald Platte, Kohlwald Sieben-Linden-Berg)
* Franconian Forest Döbraberg
* Franconian Jura Dürrenberg
* Gladenbach Uplands Angelburg
* Goshawk Forest Hohes Gras
* Harz Brocken (Blocksberg)
* Hildesheim Forest Griesberg
* Hils Bloße Zelle
* Hoher Meißner Kasseler Kuppe
* Hunsrück Erbeskopf (Soonwald Ellerspring)
* Ith Lauensteiner Kopf
* Kaiserstuhl Totenkopf
* Kaufungen Forest Hirschberg
* Kellerwald Wüstegarten
* Knüll Eisenberg
* Kyffhäuser Kulpenberg
* Lenne Mountains Homert
* Lippe Uplands Köterberg
* North Palatine Uplands Donnersberg
* Odenwald Katzenbuckel
* Ore Mountains Fichtelberg
* Palatine Forest Kalmit
* Rhön Wasserkuppe
* Rothaar Mountains Langenberg
* Saalhausen Hills Himberg
* Siebengebirge Großer Ölberg
* Solling Große Blöße
* Spessart Geiersberg (Breitsol)
* Sudetes Lausche (Luž) (Lusatian Mountains Lausche (Luž) (Zittau Mountains Lausche (Luž)))
* Süntel Hohe Egge
* Swabian Jura Lemberg (Randen Hoher Randen)
* Taunus Großer Feldberg
* Teutoburg Forest (Osning) Barnacken
* Thuringian Forest Großer Beerberg
* Thuringian Slate Mountains Großer Farmdenkopf
* Upper Palatine Forest Kreuzfelsen
* Vogelsberg Taufstein
* Weser Hills Paschenburg Mountain
* Westerwald Fuchskaute
* Wiehen Hills Heidbrink

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