Welcome to CHKO Jeseníky
Horní Město
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The Jeseníky Protected Landscape Area of Jeseníky (“PLA Jeseníky”) covering an area of 744 km2 was designated in 1969. It protects natural treasures and preserved countryside of the Jeseníky Mountains. The Alpine deforested area, mountain spruce forests, preserved beech wood, raised peat bogs and meadows at the foothills are the natural treasures of the Jeseníky Mountains. There are habitats of a number of rare plant and animal species in these biotopes.
Horní Město is a municipality having mining tradition. There used to be
silver mines in the village which made the village prosperous. The mining was on
the swing / with mixed fortunes until the half of the last century.
The renaissance Church of St. Mary Magdalena of 1611 – 1612 with the chapel
of St. Anne (1741) is worth seeing. You can visit a medieval castle called
Sovinec not far from here which is located in the picturesque countryside in the
Sovinecko Natural Park. Close to the village, there are Rešovské Waterfalls,
an attractive national natural monument, surrounded by the original fir and
beech woods with ferns, moss communities of the shielding rocks and fallen
trees. Another natural place of interest is the Skalské rašeniliště
(peat-bog), a natural reserve with subalpine elements and unique conserved
plants.
Nature protection
The areas of the PLA Jeseníky that are scientifically rarest and of the highest interest for tourists are conserved in the national nature reserves (NNR) of Praděd, Rejvíz, Šerák-Keprník and Skřítek Bog and in 24 other nature reserves and natural monuments.
Useful information
The Administration of the Jeseníky PLA having its seat in Jeseník cares for the nature of the Jeseníky Protected Landscape Area.
Contact
Actaea
Mgr.Kateřina Kočí
Karlovice
Tel.:777044758
e-mail:info@actaea.cz
http://www.actaea.cz
