Central Sudetes

Central Sudetes
Central Sudetes
	View from Zygmuntówka refuge, Owl Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Velká Deštná
Elevation	1,116 m (3,661 ft)
Coordinates	50°18′18″N 16°23′56.7″E / 50.30500°N 16.399083°E
Geography
	Divisions of the Sudetes range system, Central Sudetes marked in yellow
Countries	Czech Republic and Poland
States	Bohemia, Moravia (Czech Rep.) and Lower Silesia, Opole (Poland)
Parent range	Sudetes range system

The Central Sudetes (

Nysa Kłodzka River and the Kłodzko Valley in the east to the upper Bóbr

in the west.

The Central Sudetes comprise a number of mountain ranges, including:

The largest city in the Central Sudetes is Wałbrzych in Poland, where there are extensive hard coal deposits under the Wałbrzyskie and partly Owl Mountains.

History

During World War II, Nazi Germany established and operated multiple subcamps of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in the Central Sudetes, and several were part of Project Riese.^[1]

Literary Heights Festival

The

Nowa Ruda at the foot of the Owl Mountains in the Kłodzko Valley

.

The event's organizers include the Mount Babel Cultural Association, the city and commune of Nowa Ruda, while the hosts are Karol Maliszewski and Olga Tokarczuk, who lives in Krajanów. The festival's program includes educational sessions, debates, concerts, panels, shows, meetings, poetry, literary workshops, film screenings, culinary workshops and various exhibitions.