Blatenský vrch

The Blatenský vrch (German: Plattenberg) is one of the mountains over 1,000 metres high in the Ore Mountains of Central Europe in the immediate vicinity of Horní Blatná (Platten mining town).

Blatenský vrch
Plattenberg 2005
Highest point
Elevation1,043 m n.m. (3,422 ft)
Coordinates50°24′42″N 12°47′30″E
Geography
Parent rangeOre Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeGranite
Climbing
AccessObservation tower built in 1913
View into the Wolfsbinge

History

The mountain massif consists mainly of granite. By the Early Modern Era there was a lively tin and iron ore mining industry in the area of the mountain, on the basis of which, the neighbouring mining town of Platten (now Horní Blatná) was founded in 1532.

Sources

  • Reinhart Hepper, Jörg Brückner, Helmut Schmidt: Sächsisch-böhmische Aussichtsberge des westlichen Erzgebirges in Wort und Bild mit touristischen Angaben. Horb am Neckar 2000, S. 27–29.


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