The Karkonosze Mountains are an old massif made mainly of Hercynian granites (called the Karkonosze Mountains and occurring in several varieties), forming the intrusive core of the Izera-Karkonosze Bloc surrounded by transformed Precambrian and Palaeozoic rocks (for example, amphibolites and hornfels). Granite …
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Giant Mountains – Western Sudetes
Giant Mountains (Czech. Giant Mountains) belonging to the Western Sudetes, they are the highest part of the entire Sudetes, and also the Czech Massif. They have been the border between Silesia and the Czech Republic for centuries (Main after the Second World War (Silesian) The Polish-Czech border was marked out along the ridge). From the general area of the Giant Mountains, amounting to 650 …
Mysłakowice
Mysłakowice – a large communal village (ok. 5 thousand. residents) on the Łomnica River, between the Łomnickie Hills in the Jelenia Góra Valley and the Karpnickie Hills in the Rudawy Janowickie. The most valuable monument is the palace from the 18th century., which belonged to the Prussian king Frederick William III Hohenzollern and …
Głębock
Głębock – it is one of the smallest villages in the vicinity of the Krkonoše Mountains, located in the Jelenia Góra Valley, in the Głębocka Struga valley, at the foot of the Grzebień hill (430 m n.p.m.). The town was first mentioned in 1388 r. There were numerous peasant revolts in the village, the most famous …