Orlické Mountains
{{short description|Mountain range in the Czech Republic}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Orlické Mountains
| photo = Velka destna 001.jpg
| photo_caption = View from Velká Deštná
| country = {{hlist|Czech Republic|Poland}}
| borders_on = {{hlist|Bystrzyckie Mountains|Table Mountains|Śnieżnik Mountains}}
| geology =
| orogeny =
| subdivision2_type = Regions
| subdivision2 = {{hlist|Hradec Králové Region (CZ)|Pardubice Region (CZ)|Lower Silesian Voivodeship (PL) }}
| area_km2 = 341
| length_km = 50
| length_orientation=
| width_km = 8
| width_orientation =
| highest = Velká Deštná
| elevation_m = 1116
| range_coordinates = {{coord|50|10|N|16|33|E|type:mountain_region:CZ|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|50|18|18|N|16|23|57|E|type:mountain_region:CZ|format=dms|display=inline}}
| map_image = Orlicke hory CZ I4B-2.png
| map_caption = Orlické Mountains in the geomorphological system of the Czech Republic
}}
The Orlické Mountains ({{langx|cs|Orlické hory}}, {{langx|pl|Góry Orlickie}}, {{langx|de|Adlergebirge}}) or Eagle Mountains are a mountain range located mainly in northeastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is a mesoregion of the Central Sudetes. They follow the border with Kłodzko Land in Poland for {{cvt|40|km}}. The highest point in the range is Velká Deštná at {{cvt|1116|m}}.
Geology
The mountains are mainly composed of crystalline rocks, consistent with the makeup of the northern rim of the highlands of Bohemia.
Tourism
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The entire region has maintained its original natural character over the centuries and so beech primeval forests, protected landscape areas or nature parks and reserves are interwoven with trails, right next to chateaux and town parks and groomed rural gardens. The gentle rolling hills are interlaced with hiking trails, a dense network of cycle trails and routes leading along rivers.
Protection
Most of the Orlické Mountains are part of the Orlické hory Protected Landscape Area (CHKO Orlické hory), a landscape park of 204 km2 established in 1969.{{cite web|url=http://orlickehory.ochranaprirody.cz/|title=Správa CHKO Orlické hory|trans-title=Administration of PLA Orlické hory|publisher=Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=13 September 2019}}
History
Until 1945 the Orlické Mountains were predominantly German populated, the population was expropriated and expelled. Subsequently, new citizens moved here from the Czech lands.{{cite web|url=http://www.heimatverein-adlergebirge.de/kultur-geschichte.html|access-date=2021-09-25|title=Geschichte des Adlergebirges}}
Gallery
{{wide image|Orlické hory - panorama from near Rohenice (CZ - equalized).jpg|1000px|Panorama of the Orlické Mountains from the south}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.eaglemountains.cz EagleMountains.cz] – official tourist portal of the region operated by local destination agency
- [https://orlickehory.nature.cz/en/ Orlické hory Protected Landscape Area]
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