Hrubý Jeseník

This article is about mountain range of Eastern Sudetes. For settlement in Central Bohemia, see Hrubý Jeseník (Nymburk District).

Location of Hrubý Jeseník in the Czech Republic

Hrubý Jeseník

Hrubý Jeseník (German: Altvatergebirge or Hohes Gesenke, Polish: Jesionik Wysoki, English: High Ash Mountains) is a mountain range of Eastern Sudetes in northern Moravia and Czech Silesia. It is the second highest mountain range in the Czech Republic.

Its best known natural sights include:

Praděd, its highest mountain
Powerful pumped storage plant Dlouhé stráně
Natural reserve Rejvíz, with moss lakes
The town of Jeseník – Priessnitz spa (from a strictly geomorphic point of view Jeseník lies in a valley that is an extension of Opawskie Mountains ("Zlatohorská vrchovina"), but being partially surrounded by Hrubý Jeseník, the town is commonly associated with it)
Devil Stones ("Čertovy kameny"), Peter's Stones ("Petrovy kameny")

TV and lookout tower on summit of Praděd
Upper reservoir of Dlouhé stráně
Great Moss Lake at Rejvíz
Devil Stones
Peter's Stones

Coordinates: 50°05′N 17°10′E / 50.083°N 17.167°E / 50.083; 17.167

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Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic

Bohemian Forest Bohemian-Moravian Highlands Brdy Brno Highlands Central Bohemian Uplands (České středohoří) Doupov Mountains Elbe Sandstone Mountains Fichtel Mountains (Smrčiny) Krkonoše Hostyn-Vsetin Highlands Hrubý Jeseník Javořice Highlands Javorníky Jizera Lusatian Mountains Moravian-Silesian Beskids Ore Mountains (Krušné hory) Upper Palatinate Forest

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