A view from Zygmuntówka refuge, Góry Sowie

Sněžka-Śnieżka

Destroyed forest on the top of Wielka Sowa

The Sudetes (IPA: [suˈdiːtiːz]), also called Sudeten (in German; pronounced: [zu'de:tən]) or Sudety (pronounced ['sudetɪ] in Czech, [su'detɪ] in Polish), are a mountain range in Central Europe. They stretch from eastern Germany to Poland and the Czech Republic. The highest mountain is Sněžka-Śnieżka (German: Schneekoppe) in the Krkonoše/Karkonosze Mountains (German: Riesengebirge) on the Czech-Polish border. They reach up to 1,602 metres in altitude. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1465 KB) A view from Zygmuntówka Refuge, Góry Sowie, Sudety, Poland Photographer: vindicator Date: 9 October 2004 Camera: Canon PowerShot A75 File links The following pages link to this file: Sudetes ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1465 KB) A view from Zygmuntówka Refuge, Góry Sowie, Sudety, Poland Photographer: vindicator Date: 9 October 2004 Camera: Canon PowerShot A75 File links The following pages link to this file: Sudetes ... Dead forest on the top of Wielka Sowa The Eulengebirge (English translation: Owl Mountains (Polish: ) are a mountain range in Central Sudetes in Poland. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1405x992, 355 KB) Sudetes, Poland (Sudety) File links The following pages link to this file: Sudetes ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1405x992, 355 KB) Sudetes, Poland (Sudety) File links The following pages link to this file: Sudetes ... Snow Mountain ( (help· info) in Czech; Åšnieżka in Polish; Schneekoppe in German) is the highest mountain in the Giant Mountains (KrkonoÅ¡e in Czech, Karkonosze in Polish, Riesengebirge in German), part of the Sudetes mountain range. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1982 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sudetes ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1982 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sudetes ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... Snow Mountain ( (help· info) in Czech; Åšnieżka in Polish; Schneekoppe in German) is the highest mountain in the Giant Mountains (KrkonoÅ¡e in Czech, Karkonosze in Polish, Riesengebirge in German), part of the Sudetes mountain range. ... Aerial view over Karkonosze Karkonosze Mountains (pronounced kár-ko-no-she) in Polish or   KrkonoÅ¡e? in Czech (known as Giant Mountains in English, or Riesengebirge in German) is a mountain range, part of the Sudetes in Central Europe. ...

The Sudetes are usually divided into:

• Eastern Sudetes
  • Golden Mountains
  • Jeseníky Mountains
  • Opawskie Mountains
  • Śnieżnik Mountains

• Central Sudetes
  • Bardzkie Mountains
  • Bystrzyckie Mountains
  • Orlické Mountains
  • Owl Mountains
  • Stone Mountains
  • Table Mountains

• Western Sudetes
  • Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge
  • Jizera Mountains
  • Kaczawskie Mountains
  • Karkonosze/Krkonoše
  • Lusatian Mountains
  • Rudawy Janowickie

The Karkonosze/Krkonoše Mountains have experienced growing tourism for winter sports during the past ten years. Its skiing resorts have been becoming an alternative to the Alps. Panorama of Åšnieżnik Mountains The Eastern Sudetes are the Eastern part of Sudetes mountains on the border of Czech Republic and Poland. ... The Golden Mountains (Polish: ) is a mountain range in Eastern Sudetes in Poland. ... The Opawskie Mountains (Polish: ) is a mountain range in Eastern Sudetes in Czech Republic and Poland. ... Panorama of Åšnieżnik Mountains The Åšnieżnik Mountains (Polish: ) is a mountain range in Eastern Sudetes on the border of Czech Republic and Poland. ... A view from Zygmuntówka refuge, Góry Sowie The Central Sudetes are the Central part of Sudetes mountains on the border of Czech Republic and Poland. ... The Bardzkie Mountains (Polish: ) is a mountain range in Central Sudetes in Poland. ... The Bystrzyckie Mountains (Polish: ) is a mountain range in Poland, part of the Central Sudetes. ... ... Dead forest on the top of Wielka Sowa The Eulengebirge (English translation: Owl Mountains (Polish: ) are a mountain range in Central Sudetes in Poland. ... The Stone Mountains (Polish: ) is a mountain range in Central Sudetes in Czech Republic and Poland. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Road to Sněžka-Åšnieżka in Karkonosze/KrkonoÅ¡e The Western Sudetes are the Western part of Sudetes mountains on the border of Czech Republic and Poland. ... JeÅ¡tÄ›d-Kozákov Ridge is part of the Sudetes mountain range in the Czech Republic. ... Jizera Mountains (Czech: Jizerské hory, Polish: Góry Izerskie, German: Isergebirge, also translated as Izera Mountains) are part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border between Bohemia and Silesia. ... The Kaczawskie Mountains (Polish: ) is a mountain range in Western Sudetes in Poland. ... Aerial view over Karkonosze The Karkonosze (Polish; pronounced kár-ko-no-she) or   (Czech) is a mountain range in the Sudetes in Central Europe. ... Lusatian Mountains (Zittauer Gebirge in German, Lužické hory in Czech), is a mountain range of Europe, on the border of Germany and the Czech Republic, east of the Elbe River, a continuation of the Erzgebirge west of the Elbe. ... The Rudawy Janowickie is a mountain range in Western Sudetes in Poland. ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ...

Notable towns in this area include:

• Zittau (Germany)
• Karpacz (Poland)
• Szklarska Poręba (Poland)
• Špindlerův Mlýn (Czech Republic)
• Harrachov (Czech Republic)

The name Sudetes has been derived from Sudeti montes, a Latinization of the name Soudeta ore used in the Geography of Ptolemaios (Book 2 Chapter 10) ca. 150 for the present-day northern Czech mountains. Ptolemy said that they were above the Gabreta Forest, which places them in the Sudetenland. Ptolemy wrote in Greek, in which the name is a neuter plural. Latin mons, however, is a masculine, hence Sudeti. The Latin version is likely to be a scholastic innovation, as it is not attested in classical Latin literature. Zittau (Sorbian/Lusatian Žitawa, Czech Žitava) is a city in the south east of Saxony, Germany and capital of the Löbau-Zittau district close to the border triangle between Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. ... Karpacz (German Krummhübel) is a spa and town in southwestern Poland and one of the most important centres of mountain hiking and skiing. ... Szklarska PorÄ™ba, formerly Schreiberhau, Germany, is a ski resort town in southwestern Poland, and one of the most important centres of mountain hiking and skiing. ... Å pindlerův Mlýn (in German Spindlermühle) is town in the Czech Republic. ... Harrachov is a town situated in the northern Czech Republic. ... This article is about the geographer and astronomer Ptolemy. ... The Gabreta Forest is an ancient forest mentioned by the Greek geographers, Strabo and Ptolemy. ...

The meaning of the name is not known. In one hypothetical derivation, it means Mountains of Wild Boars, relying on Indo-European *su-, "pig". A better etymology perhaps is from Latin sudis, plural sudes, "spines", which can be used of spiny fish or spiny terrain. Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. ...

The exact location of the Sudetes is not very clear, as it has varied over the centuries. For example, the name was used before World War II to describe the German province of Sudetenland. The ethnic Germans living there were called Sudeten Germans. They were heavily clustered, especially at the borders of Bohemia to German Silesia and Saxony. These were the descendants of Medieval German colonists invited by the Kings of Bohemia into these originally Slavic areas for agricultural cultivation. Adolf Hitler erroneously redefined the term to mean the entire mountainous periphery of Czechoslovakia, and under that pretext, got his future enemies to concede the Czech defensive border in the Munich Agreement, leaving the remainder of Czechoslovakia helpless. The Germans soon overran Czechoslovakia by March, 1939. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Map of the Sudetenland Gau. ... Ethnic Germans—usually simply called Germans are those who are considered, by themselves or others, to be ethnically German but do not live within the present-day Federal Republic of Germany and do hold its citizenship. ... Sudetenland (Sudety in Czech) was the name used before 1918 and in 1938–45 for the region inhabited mostly by Sudeten Germans (German: Sudetendeutsche, Czech: Sudetšt Němci) in the various places of Bohemia. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... Prussian Silesia, 1871, outlined in yellow; Silesia at the close of the Seven Years War in 1763, outlined in cyan (areas now in the Czech Republic were Austrian-ruled at that time) Silesia (Czech: ; German: ; Polish: ; Silesian: Åšlonsk / Åšlónsk) is a historical region in central Europe. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is a federal state of Germany. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Chamberlain holds the paper containing the resolution to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself on his return from Germany in September 1938. ...

The ancient Sudetenland certainly did not have that meaning. It meant at least the northwest frontier of today's Czech Republic, probably extending to the north. By implication, it was part of the Hercynian Forest mentioned by many ancient authors of Antiquity. The Hercynian Forest was an ancient and dense forest that stretched eastward from the Rhine River. ... It has been suggested that Greco-Roman be merged into this article or section. ...

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