Sudeten Foreland

Sudetes Foothills
Przedgórze Sudeckie
Sudetské podhůří
Geographical region
View from Ślęża
View from Ślęża
Sudetes Foothills in Poland
Sudetes Foothills in Poland
Country Poland
 Czech Republic
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Sudetes Foothills or Sudeten Foreland[1] (Przedgórze Sudeckie, Czech: Krkonošsko-jesenické podhůří, Sudetské podhůří, German: Sudetenvorland) is an area (macroregion) located north of the Sudetes proper, being connected with them, but separated from the Sudetes by a distinct tectonic line (Sudetic marginal fault). The bulk of the region is located within Poland and a small portion is part of the Czech Republic.[2]

The highest elevation is Ślęża at 718 m above sea level.

From the northwest, the Sudetes Foothills border with the Silesian-Lusatian Lowland, from the northeast with the Silesian Lowland, from the southeast, south, and southwest with the Sudetes.

Rivers and waters

Nysa Kłodzka, Bystrzyca, Oława, Ślęza, Jezioro Otmuchowskie, Lake Mietkowskie and Paczkowski Bay.

Main cities

Świdnica, Dzierżoniów, Bielawa (partly), Świebodzice (partly), Strzegom, Ząbkowice Śląskie, Strzelin (partly), Pieszyce (partly), Ziębice, Paczków, Sobótka (partly), Żarów, Piława Górna, Jaworzyna Śląska, Otmuchów, Niemcza, Javorník (Czech Republic), Złoty Stok (partly), Bardo, and Žulová (Czech Republic).[2]

History

During World War II, Nazi Germany operated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp with several subcamps in the region.[3]

Cuisine

The officially protected regional traditional foods, as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland, are the Krupiec linden honey of the Ząbkowice Land (Miód lipowy krupiec z Ziemi Ząbkowickiej) and the Sudetes Foothills jarred kiełbasa (Kiełbasa w słoiku z Przedgórza Sudeckiego).[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Krzyszkowski, Dariusz; Bridgland, David R.; Allen, Peter; Westaway, Rob; Wachecka-Kotkowska, Lucyna; Czerwonka, Jerzy A. (March 2019). "Drainage evolution in the Polish Sudeten Foreland in the context of European fluvial archives". Quaternary Research. 91 (2): 493–519. doi:10.1017/qua.2018.77. ISSN 0033-5894. S2CID 133881610.
  2. ^ a b "Mapa online: Przedgórze Sudeckie". Góry i ludzie (in Polish). 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  3. ^ "Subcamps of KL Gross-Rosen". Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Miód lipowy krupiec z Ziemi Ząbkowickiej". Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Kiełbasa w słoiku z Przedgórza Sudeckiego". Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi - Portal Gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.

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