The Krkonoše (Giant) Mountains are situated in north-eastern Bohemia. The state border with Poland divides the entire mountain range into two different parts. The Czech Krkonoše Mountains over an area of 454 km2, cover about 2/3 of the whole area. Their slopes are more extensive, more broken and milder than those ones in their northern Polish part (with an area of 177 km2).
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was the first national park established in Bohemia in 1963. The national park now covers an area
of about 370 km2. The Administrations of the National Park seats in
Vrchlabí. The Giant Mountains is an important region of nature,
culture and history too. The peaks of the Giant Mountains tower above
the alpine treeline, and their surface with residues of Pleistocene
glaciation is a unique gallery of wind, frost, and ice shaped
landscape. Visitors find here extraordinarily varied mosaic of
montane spruce, mixed forests, alpine meadows or
sub-Arctic peat bogs. It is really an island of the Arctic in the middle of Europe. Due to the unique nature richness, landscape beauty, easy accessibility ehe national park is a traditional, most frequently visited tourist area of Europe. Already in the 18th and the 19th century ascents to the Schneekoppe (Sněžka) were common. So many famous artists, like Johann Wolfgang Goethe, or Caspar David Friedrich hiked through the mountains to find inspiration. The Krkonoše mountains are a traditional winter sports centre in Middle Europe too. The largest mountain resorts are located on the Czech side in Pec pod Sněžkou, Špindlerův Mlýn, Harrachov and Janské Lázně.
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