The Božídarský Špičák is the third highest mountain in the Ore Mountains

Ore Mountains

The Ore Mountains in Central Europe have formed a natural border between Saxony and Bohemia for many centuries. Today, the border between Germany and the Czech Republic runs just north of the main crest of the mountain range...

. It lies in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 immediately next to the highest town in Centra Europe, Boží Dar

Boží Dar

Boží Dar is a town in Karlovy Vary Region in the Czech Republic. Boží Dar is one of the most important ski areas in the Czech Republic, located between the Fichtelberg and the Klínovec...

 (Gottesgab).

Location and surrounding area

The Špičák or Spitzberg lies two kilometres southwest of Boží Dar

Boží Dar

Boží Dar is a town in Karlovy Vary Region in the Czech Republic. Boží Dar is one of the most important ski areas in the Czech Republic, located between the Fichtelberg and the Klínovec...

 on the plateau of the Ore Mountains in a strict nature reserve

Nature reserve

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. For nature conservation reasons its summit is not open to the public. At the western foot of the summit there is a observation point near the ruins of the Spitzberghäuser, including those of the inn, Zur Wunderblume. To the northwest on the Schwarzwasser is the Myslivny Reservoir.

Views

From the western foot of the Špičák there is a panoramic view of the Ore Mountain ridge towards the west between Plešivec (Pleßberg) and Auersberg

Auersberg

Auersberg is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.- See also :*List of mountains in the Ore Mountains...

. To the south the view offers, where it is not blocked by trees, views of the valley of the River Eger.

History

Towards the end of the 19th century a wooden observation tower was erected on the summit, the key to which had to be borrowed from the Spitzberghäusern. However after a few years the tower fell into ruins due to the effects of the weather and had to be demolished.

Literature

• Reinhart Heppner; Jörg Brückner; Helmut Schmidt: Sächsisch-böhmische Aussichtsberge des westlichen Erzgebirges in Wort und Bild mit touristischen Angaben, Horb am Neckar 2000, p. 58-59.