Central Sudetes

The Central Sudetes (Czech: Orlická oblast or Střední Sudety, Polish: Sudety Środkowe, German: Mittelsudeten) are the central part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Nysa Kłodzka River and the Kłodzko Valley in the east to the upper Bóbr in the west.

Central Sudetes
View from Zygmuntówka refuge, Owl Mountains
Highest point
PeakVelká Deštná
Elevation1,115 m (3,658 ft)
Coordinates50°18′18″N 16°23′56.7″E 
Geography
Divisions of the Sudetes range system, Central Sudetes marked in yellow
CountriesCzech Republic and Poland
StatesBohemia, Moravia (Czech Rep.) and Lower Silesia, Opole (Poland)
Parent rangeSudetes range system

The Central Sudetes comprise a number of mountain ranges, including:

The largest town within the Central Sudetes is Wałbrzych in Poland, where the Owl Mountains contain extended black coal reserves.

Literary Heights Festival
Olga Tokarczuk and Karol Maliszewski during the Literary Heights Festival in 2018.

The Literary Heights Festival, a Polish literary festival founded in 2015 which takes place in the vicinity of Nowa Ruda at the foot of the Owl Mountains in the Kłodzko Valley.

The event's organizers include the Mount Babel Cultural Association, the city and commune of Nowa Ruda, while the hosts are Karol Maliszewski and Olga Tokarczuk, who lives in Krajanów. The festival's program includes educational sessions, debates, concerts, panels, shows, meetings, poetry, literary workshops, film screenings, culinary workshops and various exhibitions.

See also

Bibliography
  • M. Staffa (1982): Przewodnik turystyczny: Wędrówka przez Sudety Środkowe: Góry Wałbrzyskie – Góry Suche – Góry Sowie – Góry Bardzkie. Wyd. PTTK "Kraj": Warszawa/Krakow ISBN 8300004769
  • K. Radwański, M. Szymczak (2008): Atlas gór Polski: Sudety. Karpaty. Góry Świętokrzyskie. Wyda. ExpressMap: Warszawa ISBN 83-6012-064-1
  • Praca zbiorowa: Mapa Sudety Środkowe (scale 1:40 000). Wydawnictwo Turystyczne Plan: Jelenia Góra ISBN 83-60044-44-9
  • M. Mota (1998): Sudety Środkowe, Wschodnie i Kotlina Kłodzka (A. Rajwa Geologia i rzeźba; C. Skała Geografia i przyroda); Wyd."Pascal": Bielsko-Biała ISBN 838769603X


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