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Biskupia Kopa
889 m a.s.l.
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A border mountain since 1229
Since 1229 Biskupia Kopa has separated the dioceses of Wrocław and Olomouc, then the lands of the Habsburgs and the Hohenzollerns, of Czechoslovakia and Germany, and today of Poland and the Czech Republic. The name probably comes from its shape, resembling a bishop’s mitre, or from Matthias Corvinus granting these lands to the bishopric in 1474.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Biskupia Kopa (CC BY-SA)
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A tower on the Czech side
The highest point of the mountain, together with the historic observation tower, lies in the Czech Republic – even so, Biskupia Kopa is regarded as the highest point of the Opole Voivodeship. The 18-metre stone tower was built in 1898 for the 50th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I’s reign; it was reopened in 1996.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Biskupia Kopa (CC BY-SA)
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Part of the Jeseníky
The Opawskie Mountains belong to the Jeseníky in the Eastern Sudetes. They lie in the Czech Republic and partly in Poland; the Czechs call them Zlatohorská vrchovina. The highest summit of the range, Příčný vrch (Góra Poprzeczna in Polish), is on the Czech side – Biskupia Kopa is regarded as the highest mountain of the Polish part.
Source: Polish Wikipedia – Góry Opawskie (CC BY-SA)
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Relief
The lowest point in the 8 × 8 km square around the summit lies at 308 m a.s.l. – 581 m below the peak. Terrain on the Czech side of the border comes from the ČÚZK model, shifted to match the GUGiK data at the border.
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Trails
18 marked trails run through the 8 × 8 km square. 4 trails lead to the summit itself: 1 red, 1 blue, 1 green and 1 yellow.
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The summit
Biskupia Kopa (889 m a.s.l.) represents the Góry Opawskie range in the Crown of Polish Mountains.