Karkonosze

Topography of the Giant mountains

Morning in the Riesengebirge (Oil Painting by Caspar David Friedrich, 1811)

Karkonosze (Czech: Krkonoše, German: Riesengebirge, English: Giant Mountains) is the highest part of the Sudeten mountains between Silesia and Bohemia. The Schneekoppe, 1,602 metres (5,256 ft) high, is the highest point.

This mountain also contain the source of the Elbe River and is also known for the Rübezahl, who is a giant, gnome or mountain spirit.

Karkonosze Media

Labský vodopád (German: Elbfall) of the Elbe River and an old mountain hut, 1900
Studnicni Mountain, Giant Mountains, Czech republic
This is a photography of protected area with CRFOP ID
Dead spruces on the northern, Polish side of the range
View from the main ridge towards the Bohemian ridge
Chojnik castle, Poland
Vrchlabí Castle built by Christopher von Gendorf in 1545–46
Koppenträger, who in former times supplied the mountain huts during most of the year. The picture shows members of the Hofer and Mitlöhner families, two long-established dynasties from the eastern part of the Bohemian side of the mountains. The ancestors of both families came from Austria in the 16th century.

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