Hrubý Jeseník
This article is about mountain range of Eastern Sudetes. For settlement in Central Bohemia, see Hrubý Jeseník (Nymburk District).

Location of Hrubý Jeseník in the Czech Republic

Hrubý Jeseník
Hrubý Jeseník (German: Altvatergebirge or Hohes Gesenke, Polish: Jesionik Wysoki, English: High Ash Mountains) is a mountain range of Eastern Sudetes in northern Moravia and Czech Silesia. It is the second highest mountain range in the Czech Republic.
Its best known natural sights include:
- Praděd, its highest mountain
- Powerful pumped storage plant Dlouhé stráně
- Natural reserve Rejvíz, with moss lakes
- The town of Jeseník – Priessnitz spa (from a strictly geomorphic point of view Jeseník lies in a valley that is an extension of Opawskie Mountains ("Zlatohorská vrchovina"), but being partially surrounded by Hrubý Jeseník, the town is commonly associated with it)
- Devil Stones ("Čertovy kameny"), Peter's Stones ("Petrovy kameny")
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TV and lookout tower on summit of Praděd
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Upper reservoir of Dlouhé stráně
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Great Moss Lake at Rejvíz
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Devil Stones
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Peter's Stones
Coordinates: 50°05′N 17°10′E / 50.083°N 17.167°E
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