Radobýl

Seen Radobýl Litoměřice

The Radobýl ( German: Radebeule, also Radobil ) is one of the most distinctive conical mountains in the southern Bohemian Central Mountains in the Czech Republic. The bald, almost treeless mountain impressed by the south by its bell-shaped, jagged shape. The rare dry grassland vegetation of the south side stands as a natural monument.

Location

The Radobyl located in rechtselbischen part of the Bohemian Uplands and forms one of the goal posts to Porta Bohemica about 3 km west of Litoměřice ( Leitmeritz ). Directly at the foot of the mountain on the south side is the community Žalhostice ( Tschalositz ), which, like the neighboring Velké Žernoseky ( Großtschernosek ) is known for growing grapes. Under the ridge north of the mountain was in the Second World War, the underground weapons factory Richard. The underground rooms are now used as nuclear waste repository for low level radioactive waste.

Geology

The upper part of the mountain is composed of basalt, which was mined until the 1950s in the quarry on the west side by the Tschalositzer Basaltwerke. The lying, curved and standing basalt columns among the most beautiful in the Bohemian Central Mountains. The base of the mountain is formed by sediments of the Cretaceous, above all, of Plänersandstein.

Floristic peculiarities

Typical of all of southern Bohemian Central Mountains mountains the grasslands are on the sunlit south sides. These areas are home to many rare plants for Central Europe, which come from the steppes of southeastern Europe.

View

The view is very comprehensive. In the south, the Labe region -wide spreads, which is dominated by Rip ( Georgsberg ) and the Hazmburk ( rabbit castle ). Westward the view over the Elbdurchbruch at Porta Bohemica veering into the western Bohemian Uplands with Lovoš ( Lobosch ) Kletečná ( Kletschen ) and Milešovka ( Milleschauer ). In the northeast of the saddle-shaped Saddleback ( Geltschberg ) rises.

Way to the summit

• Over the hill leads a yellow -marked trail, which starts in Litoměřice ( Leitmeritz ) and leads to the Elbdorf Žalhostice. From this road a short, steep turn leads to the summit.
• A convenient access for an ascent, with parking for motorists, is located in the saddle north of Radebeule on the road from Litoměřice after Michalovice. At the top are always highly visible summit crosses, the first cruise, there was already in 1622. Today in the early 1990s established iron cross is already the eighth in a row.