The Medvědí skála is a 924 m high mountain

Mountain

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 in the Czech part of the Ore Mountains in Central Europe.

Location and surroundings

The mountain lies 3 kilometres southwest of Mikulovice within the municipality of Nová Ves v Horách

Nová Ves v Horách

Nová Ves v Horách is a village and municipality in Most District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 465 ....

 and , together with the Lesenská pláň (Hübladung), forms the largest group of mountains in the central part of the Ore Mountains. The mountains lie between the Saxon village of Olbernhau

Olbernhau

Olbernhau is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, 35 km southeast of Chemnitz, and 23 km north of Chomutov, Czech Republic.- History :...

 and the Czech town of Litvínov

Litvínov

Litvínov is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. The largest oil refinery in the Czech Republic is located there. Models Eva Herzigová and Iva Frühlingová come from Litvínov. The HC Litvínov ice hockey club is based in the town....

 and are surrounded by the valleys of the Natzschung

Natzschung (river)

Natzschung is a river of Saxony, Germany....

, Schweinitz

Schweinitz (river)

Schweinitz is a river of Saxony, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Saxony...

 and the Flöha.

The Bernsteinberg was Station No. 13 in the 1860s, a primary station of the Royal Saxon Survey ( Königlich-Sächsische Triangulation).

The Medvědí skála is difficult to climb because it s partly surrounded by mountain bogs and there are no established paths.