Włodzicka Góra

Włodzicka Góra
German: Königswalder Spitzberg; Polish: Włodzicka Góra; Czech: Vladzická hora
Włodzicka Góra
Highest point
Elevation757 m (2,484 ft)
Coordinates50°37′32.89″N 16°26′09.13″E / 50.6258028°N 16.4358694°E / 50.6258028; 16.4358694
Geography
Włodzicka Góra
Poland
Włodzicka Góra
Włodzicka Góra (Lower Silesian Voivodeship)
LocationLower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Parent rangeNowa Ruda Depression

Włodzicka Góra is a mountain in the Włodzickie Hills, a range of the Central Sudetes, in south-western Poland. At a height of 757 metres (2,484 ft), it is the highest peak of the Nowa Ruda Depression and the highest of Włodzickie Hills.[1] The mountain is located in the village of Świerki, in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship.

Geography

Włodzicka Góra lies west of Ludwikowice Kłodzkie at the north-western edge of the Włodzickie Hills, above a bend of the upper Włodzica river. The mountain rises as a steep and fairly regular cone, which to the south-east passes into a long, level ridge. Its western, north-western and north-eastern slopes descend towards the Włodzica valley.

The mountain is built of Lower Permian red-bed formations, mainly sandstone and conglomerate, with Carboniferous sandstones and conglomerates also occurring within the massif.[2] The summit and a large part of the slopes are covered by spruce and beech forests.

An observation tower originally built in 1927 stood on the summit; in 1934 it was given the name of Paul von Hindenburg. The present tower was rebuilt by the Gmina Nowa Ruda local authority and officially reopened on 19 October 2018.[3] It offers panoramic views of the Owl Mountains, Wałbrzych Mountains and Stone Mountains.

References

  1. ^ "Sudecki Szlak Konny – Szlaki turystyczne – Turystyka". Gmina Miejska Nowa Ruda (in Polish). Retrieved 28 February 2026. Najwyższym wzniesieniem jest znajdująca się w zachodniej części masywu Włodzicka Góra (757 m n.p.m.) z ruinami wieży widokowej.
  2. ^ Cwojdziński, Stefan; Kozdrój, Wiesław (2007). The Sudetes. Geotourist Guide (PDF). Geotourist Road Maps of Poland, scale 1:25,000. Warsaw: Polish Geological Institute. p. 61.
  3. ^ "Wieża widokowa na Włodzickiej Górze". Gmina Nowa Ruda (in Polish). Retrieved 28 February 2026.