Kunetice Mountain
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in the Pardubice Region
Pardubice Region
Pardubice Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It is named after its capital Pardubice. "There are a total of 452 municipalities in the region...
of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, about 6 km north-northeast from the city of Pardubice
Pardubice
Pardubice is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the river Elbe, 65 miles east of Prague. Pardubice has an antique centre square and old town, with many restaurants that stay open until late in the evening. There is an old Tower and a recently renovated Castle...
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Kunětice Mountain sits in a plain, above which it rises 82 meters (305 m above sea level). Geologically, the mountain is a laccolith
Laccolith
A laccolith is a sheet intrusion that has been injected between two layers of sedimentary rock. The pressure of the magma is high enough that the overlying strata are forced upward, giving the laccolith a dome or mushroom-like form with a generally planar base.Laccoliths tend to form at relatively...
, dating from the Tertiary period
Tertiary
The Tertiary is a deprecated term for a geologic period 65 million to 2.6 million years ago. The Tertiary covered the time span between the superseded Secondary period and the Quaternary...
. Toward the end of the 19th century, the slopes of the mountain were used as a quarry
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
, at such a pace that the mountain was in danger of disappearing.
The mountain is best known for Kunětice Mountain Castle
Kunetice Mountain Castle
Kunětice Mountain Castle is a castle in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The castle lies on Kunětice Mountain , about 6 km from the city of Pardubice....
, a castle at its summit. Below the mountain lies the village of Kunětice
Kunetice
Kunětice is a village in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 270 inhabitants.The village lies directly bellow Kunětice Mountain with its Kunětice Mountain Castle.-External links:* ....
. A modern water reservoir has been built inside the top part of the mountain.