Jablunkov Pass

The Jablunkapass seen from Mount Girova from; Looking Northwest

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The Jablunkapass ( Czech Jablunkovský průsmyk ) is a mountain pass in Jablunkov Bergland in Beskydy. It lies on Czech territory near the village Mosty u Jablunkova the triangle Czech Republic - Slovakia - Poland and has a height of 553 m nm

It separates the Moravian- Silesian Beskids mountain range in the west of the Silesian Beskid Mountains in the east and is part of the main European watershed between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. About the passport perform the important road from Žilina to Český Těšín ( E 75 ) and the railway line Žilina - Bohumín. In the Middle Ages led a trade route from the Kingdom of Hungary to Silesia over the pass.

History

On the pass there are remains of former fortifications - so-called " jumps " ( Czech ŠANCE ).

In the night from 25 to 26 August 1939 ie before the beginning of the Second World War, it came here when trying a German command undertaking to occupy the pass to war with the Polish units (see occupation of Jablunkapasses ).

• Pass in the Czech Republic
• Mountain pass
• Carpathians