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The
Sudetes () is a
mountain range in
Central Europe. They are also known as the
Sudeten (German language: ) or
Sudety (Czech language: ;
Polish language: )
Mountains.
The Sudetes stretch from eastern Germany to
Poland and the Czech Republic. The highest mountain is Sněžka-Śnieżka in the Karkonosze Mountains on the Czech-Polish border. They reach up to 1,602 metres in altitude. The current geomorphological unit in the Czech part of the mountain range is
Krkonošsko-jesenická soustava ("Krkonoše-Jeseníky").
The Karkonosze/Krkonoše Mountains have experienced growing tourism for winter sports during the past ten years. Its skiing resorts are becoming an alternative to the Alps.
Etymology
The name
Sudetes has been derived from
Sudeti montes, a Latinization of the name
Soudeta ore used in the
Geographia (Ptolemy) of
Ptolemy (Book 2, Chapter 10) ca. 150 for the present-day northern Czech mountains. Ptolemy said that they were above the
Gabreta Forest, which places them in the
Sudetenland. Ptolemy wrote in Ancient Greek, in which the name is a neuter plural. Latin mons, however, is a masculine, hence Sudeti. The Latin version is likely to be a scholastic innovation, as it is not attested in classical Latin literature.
The meaning of the name is not known. In one hypothetical derivation, it means
Mountains of Wild Boars, relying on Proto-Indo-European language *su-, "pig". A better etymology perhaps is from Latin sudis, plural sudes, "spines", which can be used of spiny fish or spiny terrain.
History
The exact location of the Sudetes is not very clear, as it has varied over the centuries. The ancient "Sudetenland" meant at least the northwest frontier of today's Czech Republic, probably extending to the north. By implication, it was part of the
Hercynian Forest mentioned by many ancient authors of classical antiquity.
The name was used before
World War II to describe the Nazi Germany province of
Sudetenland. The
ethnic Germans living there were called Sudeten Germans. They were heavily clustered, especially at the borders of
Bohemia to German Silesia and
Saxony. These were the descendants of Medieval German colonists invited by the Kings of Bohemia into these previously Slavic areas for agricultural cultivation. Adolf Hitler erroneously redefined the term to mean the entire mountainous periphery of Czechoslovakia, and under that pretext, got his future enemies to concede the Czech defensive border in the
Munich Agreement, leaving the remainder of Czechoslovakia helpless. The Germans soon overran Czechoslovakia by March, 1939. The German inhabitants of Czechoslovakia were subsequently Expulsion of Germans after World War II after
World War II.
Subdivisions
The Sudetes are usually divided into:
Notable towns
Notable towns in this area include:
External links
- Orographic map with Sudetes highlighted
- Orographic map with Sudetes highlighted
The
Sudetes () is a mountain range in Central Europe. They are also known as the
Sudeten (German language: ) or
Sudety (
Czech language: ; Polish language: )
Mountains.
The Sudetes stretch from eastern Germany to Poland and the
Czech Republic. The highest mountain is Sněžka-Śnieżka in the
Karkonosze Mountains on the Czech-Polish border. They reach up to 1,602 metres in altitude. The current geomorphological unit in the Czech part of the mountain range is
Krkonošsko-jesenická soustava ("Krkonoše-Jeseníky").
The Karkonosze/Krkonoše Mountains have experienced growing tourism for winter sports during the past ten years. Its skiing resorts are becoming an alternative to the
Alps.
Etymology
The name
Sudetes has been derived from
Sudeti montes, a Latinization of the name
Soudeta ore used in the
Geographia (Ptolemy) of
Ptolemy (Book 2, Chapter 10) ca. 150 for the present-day northern Czech mountains. Ptolemy said that they were above the Gabreta Forest, which places them in the
Sudetenland. Ptolemy wrote in Ancient Greek, in which the name is a neuter plural. Latin mons, however, is a masculine, hence Sudeti. The Latin version is likely to be a scholastic innovation, as it is not attested in classical Latin literature.
The meaning of the name is not known. In one hypothetical derivation, it means
Mountains of Wild Boars, relying on
Proto-Indo-European language *su-, "pig". A better etymology perhaps is from Latin sudis, plural sudes, "spines", which can be used of spiny fish or spiny terrain.
History
The exact location of the Sudetes is not very clear, as it has varied over the centuries. The ancient "Sudetenland" meant at least the northwest frontier of today's Czech Republic, probably extending to the north. By implication, it was part of the Hercynian Forest mentioned by many ancient authors of
classical antiquity.
The name was used before
World War II to describe the
Nazi Germany province of Sudetenland. The ethnic Germans living there were called
Sudeten Germans. They were heavily clustered, especially at the borders of
Bohemia to German Silesia and Saxony. These were the descendants of Medieval German colonists invited by the Kings of Bohemia into these previously Slavic areas for agricultural cultivation.
Adolf Hitler erroneously redefined the term to mean the entire mountainous periphery of
Czechoslovakia, and under that pretext, got his future enemies to concede the Czech defensive border in the Munich Agreement, leaving the remainder of Czechoslovakia helpless. The Germans soon overran Czechoslovakia by March, 1939. The German inhabitants of Czechoslovakia were subsequently Expulsion of Germans after World War II after World War II.
Subdivisions
The Sudetes are usually divided into:
Notable towns
Notable towns in this area include:
- Zittau (Germany)
- Karpacz (Poland)
- Szklarska Poręba (Poland)
- Špindlerův Mlýn (Czech Republic)
- Harrachov (Czech Republic)
External links
- Orographic map with Sudetes highlighted
- Orographic map with Sudetes highlighted
Sudeten
Mountainous region in northeast Bohemia, Czech Republic, extending eastwards along the border with Poland
Sudeten - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sudeten may refer to. the Sudeten mountains or Sudetes; the Sudetenland; the Sudeten Germans
Sudetenland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The German inhabitants were called Sudeten Germans (German: Sudetendeutsche, Czech: Sudetští Němci, Polish: Niemcy Sudeccy). The German minority in Slovakia, the Carpathian ...
Sudeten - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Sudeten
Sudeten. Mountainous region in northeast Bohemia, Czech Republic, extending eastwards along the border with Poland. Sudeten was annexed by Germany under the Munich Agreement 1938 ...
BBC NEWS | Europe | The Sudeten Germans' forgotten fate
The BBC's Jolyon Jenkins recalls the vengeance that was wreaked against German Czechs in the aftermath of World War II.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Row over offer to Sudeten Germans
The Czech president condemns the country's PM for offering to compensate Germans expelled after WWII.
Sudeten - definition of Sudeten by the Free Online Dictionary ...
A series of mountain ranges along the Czech-Polish border between the Elbe and Oder rivers. The mountains extend for about 298 km (185 mi) and rise to 1,603 m (5,256 ft).
Sudeten -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on Sudeten:system of east-west mountain ranges of northeastern Bohemia and northern Moravia, Czech Republic, bordering on Poland. The system ...
Sudeten definition of Sudeten in the Free Online Encyclopedia.
Sudetes (s dē`tēz), Czech Sudety, Ger. Sudeten, mountain range, along the border of the Czech Republic and Poland, extending c.185 mi (300 km) between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
BRITISHPATHE.COM | (CHAMBERLAIN - SUDETEN CRISIS - 1938) | 466.02
Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. 1938? London and Heston airfield. Car carrying Neville Chamberlain (Prime Minister) into Buckingham Palace ...
