Plešivec (Ore Mountains)

The Plešivec (German: Pleßberg) is one of the mountains over 1,000 metres high in the Ore Mountains of Central Europe and lies on the territory of the Czech Republic.

Plešivec
View of Plešivec from Abertamy
Highest point
Elevation1,028.1 m above sea level (HN) (3,373 ft)
Coordinates50°21′12″N 12°50′14″E
Geography
Parent rangeOre Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeBasalt
Climbing
Access1895 by the Abertham Friends of Nature (Verein der Naturfreunde Abertham)

Location and surrounding area

The Plešivec or Pleßberg lies southeast of Abertamy (Abertham) at the most striking escarpment of the Ore Mountains where it drops into the valley of the river Eger. West of the mountain lies the valley of the Bystřice (Wistritz).

Sources

  • Reinhart Heppner/Jörg Brückner/Helmut Schmidt: Sächsisch-böhmische Aussichtsberge des westlichen Erzgebirges in Wort und Bild mit touristischen Angaben. Horb am Neckar 2000, p. 24–26.


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