Botev Peak
TV tower and weather station on the Botewgipfel
The peak Botev ( Bulgarian връх Ботев; Scientific Transcription: vrach Botev ) is the highest peak of the Balkan Mountains and is located in Bulgaria. The Botev peak is 2376 m above sea level the highest summit of the third highest mountain range in Bulgaria after Rila with the peaks Musala ( 2925 m ) and the Pirin Mountains with the peak Vihren ( 2914 m).
Geography
It is located in the central Balkan Mountains, north of the Rose Valley, a few kilometers north-east of Karlovo, Plovdiv oblast. The Botewgipfel located near the geographical center of Bulgaria and is part of the National Park Central Balkan.
The mean annual temperature is -6 ° C, the average temperature in January is -8.9 ° C and 7.9 ° C in July
Name
By 1950, the mountain was called Jumruktschal ( Bulg Юмрукчал or Юмрук чал ), he was named after the Bulgarian freedom fighter and poet Hristo Botev. Jumruktschal comes from Turkish (Turkish Yumrukçal ), meaning " fist -shaped summit " ( yumruk = thumb; çal = high rocky outcrop ). The peak has steep sides, but the top has a flat surface making it the fist form not unlike.
TV Tower
The television on the Botewgipfel had an output of 20 kW and covered with his charisma 17 to 21 % of the land from. At that time, there were approximately 10,000 television sets in Bulgaria. On December 30, 1965, the regular operation of a television station and a radio relay station ( FM ) was added to the Botewgipfel. The radio and television signal is passed through an underground cable to the transmitter at the summit. For the first time a television relay station was taken on the Botewgipfel in operation in order to radiate a football match between Levski Sofia and Rapid Bucharest live in both countries can on 6 November 1959. On the Botewgipfel a meteorological station and a television tower (opened on 10 July 1966) was built, which covers with its broadcast radio and television programs 65 % of the Bulgarian territory.
Mountain huts and trails
The Balkan Mountain Range, located in the central mountain range of the Botev peak, extending in an east-west direction. The shortest climb to the summit starts from the south side, at the mountain hut Rai ( Bulg хижа Рай, to German: paradise, built in 1935, 120 beds), located at 1560 m altitude on the southern slope of the Botewgipfels. The climb takes 2.5 to 3 hours, the road was in 1941 " created " ( traced out ). The climb to Botewgipfel is very steep. The path is saved in some places with a metal railing. In a descent from the mountain hut Rai is 4.5 hours walk to Kalofer im Rosental, with the last 6 km Kalofer asphalt road are.
Another possible starting point for the ascent to Botewgipfel is the mountain hut Pleven ( хижа Плевен; 1504 m; Built from 1967 to 1971) up to which there are 3.5 to 4 leagues; the refuge Tascha ( хижа Тъжа ), the 4 to 4.5 hours walk away and all the refuge Levski ( хижа Левски ) up to which there are 3.5 to 4 hours walk.
Compared with a climb to the Musala ( in the Rila; 3 leagues ) or Vihren ( in Pirin, 3 leagues ) the tourist for the ascent to Botewgipfel must cope with a much longer walk that begins in Kalofer.
The northern side of the summit, the Raisky skali ( Bulg Райски скали, to German: Paradise Rock ) is called, with Alpine is a very popular climbing area.
The Raiskija skali is a 124 meter high waterfall, which Raisko praskalo ( Bulg Райско пръскало ), which is the highest waterfall in Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula. The waterfall is fed by a never-ending source only just located below the summit. The path from the hut to the summit Rai leads past the waterfall.
The Botewgipfel one of the 100 national tourist objects in Bulgaria. Tourists who visit this 100 National Objects of Bulgaria, the ascent of the summit can be confirmed with a stamp that is in the tea room / shelter Botev peak, which is together with the meteorological station in a building available. In the refuge on the summit, there is no regular place to stay.
The mountain trail Kom - Emine performs as part of the European long distance path E3 over the Botewgipfel.
South of the Botewgipfel the nature reserve is Dschendema ( Bulg резерват Джендема ). Here grow numerous endemic plant species that occur only here world.
From the west, moves a mountain ridge, forming its conclusion the Botewgipfel. This ridge is the Trojan- Kalofer Mountains ( Bulg Троянско - Калоферската планина ) - named after the cities Kalofer and Trojan. From the mountain hut Dobrila ( Bulg хижа Добрила ), which lies further to the west, is a walking path along the ridge to the Botewgipfel. This trail has the difficulty level IV B.