Sudetes
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A view from Zygmuntówka refuge, Góry Sowie
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Śnieżka/Sněžka/Snow Mountain
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Destroyed forest on the top of Wielka Sowa
- Western Sudetes with Lusatian Mountains (Germany and Czech Republic) and Karkonosze/Krkonoše/Giant Mountains (Poland and Czech Republic)
- Central Sudetes
- Eastern Sudetes
Especially Krkonoše Mountains are facing growing tourism for winter sports during the past ten years. Its skiing resorts are becoming a serious alternative to the Alps.
Famous towns in this area are:
- Zittau (Germany)
- Karpacz (Poland)
- Szklarska Poręba (Poland)
- Špindlerův Mlýn (Czech Republic)
- Harrachov (Czech Republic)
The name Sudetes has been derived from the name Sudetayle (English "Mountains of Wild Boars") used by the Greek Ptolemaios in 150 for the present-day northern Czech mountains.
The name derived from Sudetes was used before World War II to describe the German province of Sudetenland. The province was located only partly in Sudetes, partly in other areas of Bohemia. The Germans living there were called Sudetendeutsche.
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