Wielka Sowa

Lookout tower on the Great Owl 2006

The Wielka Sowa ( German High Owl ) is with 1015 m the highest peak of the Owl Mountains ( Gory As well as ), a mountain range of the Silesian Mittelsudeten in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in southwestern Poland. It is regarded as one of the best vantage points in the Sudetes.

Location

It towers just south of the spa town Walim ( Wüstewaltersdorf ) and southwest of Dzierżoniów ( Reichenbach i Eulengebirge ) the north-east lies Silesian lowlands and the south-west running valley of stones.

, Stands on its narrow summit next to a telecommunications mast, which opened in 1906 Bismarck Tower (now lookout tower on the Great Owl ), a building made ​​of granite and reinforced concrete, which was extensively refurbished in recent years.

Way to the summit

• Over the hill leads a red-marked Wegtrasse, which runs along the entire ridge of the Owl Mountains and is part of the European long-distance route E3.