Dyleň is a mountain in the Karlovy Vary Region of western Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

, located roughly 100 metres (328.1 ft) from the Czech Republic–Germany border

Czech Republic–Germany border

The Czech Republic–Germany border is the international border between the Czech Republic and Germany. It forms a arc extending from Austria at the south to Poland at the north.-Rivers:Several rivers cross this border, or form portions of it...

. At 939 metres (3,080.7 ft) above sea level, its summit is the second highest peak in the Upper Palatinate Range (Bavarian–Bohemian Forest).

Local tradition holds that Napoleon Bonaparte declared Tillenberg the geographical center of Europe in 1813.

The German name lent itself to the title of the epic poem Der Tillenberg: Ein Sagenschatz aus dem Egerlande (A Treasure-tale from the Egerland

Egerland

The Egerland is a historical region in the far north west of Bohemia in the Czech Republic at the border with Germany. It is named after the German name Eger for the city of Cheb and the main river Ohře...

) published in 1904 by Ernst Freimut (pseudonym of Johann (Hans) Sommert).

External links

• Dylen (Tillenberg), 940 m – WikiMapia
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