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Listen from the north

The Listen ( Czech Luž, Upper Sorbian Łysa ) is 793 m, the highest mountain of the Lusatian Mountains. Directly above the peak the border between Germany and Czech Republic. The Harken is the highest point east of the Elbe in Germany.

Location

The Listen rises above the village Walter village and is especially interesting for winter sports because of the steep north-facing downhill. On the Bohemian part is the little village Myslivny ( Hunter Dörfel ).

History

1538 is called the Harken still the top stone. It was not until 1631, is a native of the Old Czech name detectable current, which can be traced back to Lauca or louce for divorce, separation, boundary.

As a first -order station No. 5 Listen to the mountain was in the 1860s, a survey point of the royal Saxon triangulation. For this reason, a stone surveying column was erected on the summit, which no longer exists today.

Was already in 1823 at the summit a simple wooden restoration in 1833, the first observation tower was built. The ever- increasing stream of visitors made ​​the construction of a larger Baude required, which was inaugurated in 1882. She was famous by a curiosity: She stood on both Bohemian and German territory. And so the guest could take on request in the Czech or German half court and pay in the currency of current valid.

After the Second World War, both sides were separated by barbed wire fences, and so dried up the flow of tourists. On January 8, 1946, the building burned down to the foundation walls can still be seen today. The circumstances of the fire were never clarified. In the 1970s, the barbed wire was removed at the boundary line again. Since then, the Listen summit from both sides of the border is reopened.

View

From the summit an almost unobstructed 360 -degree view is possible only to the east block high deciduous trees the view. The view extends in good weather far into the mountains of northern Bohemia. But to the north and west, a vast panorama opens on the Upper Lusatian mountains to the Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland.

Way to the summit

• Possible starting points for the climb to the summit are both Walter village as well as the Bohemian Myslivni. From both starting points of the ascent leads to the conclusion over steep switchbacks to the highest point.
• European Route E3 passes on the Czech side of the Listen. A marked turnoff leads on Lauschebrunnen over the top.
• On the German side of the former ridge trail is now marked as Oberlausitzer mountain trail, even here, a marked turnoff to the summit.

Gallery

The mountain from Bohemia

Listen, seen from Plissenberg

The summit plateau of the Listen