Bluszczowa Góra

Bluszczowa is a hill 523 metres above sea level, lying in the Table Mountains, in the Central Sudetes, on the Polish-Czech border.

A spindle-shaped ridge above Czermna

The hill has an elongated, spindle-shaped form, with steep slopes and a flat, poorly defined summit, which makes it easily recognisable in the terrain. It rises from the north above Czermna, a district of Kudowa-Zdrój. It is built of Upper Cretaceous sandstone. North-west of the summit, towards the border, runs the Polish-Czech border.

Vegetation and surroundings

The summit is partly covered by forest, and towards the border stretches a wide mountain meadow. The ridge and the upper parts of the slopes are covered by lower montane spruce forest with an admixture of deciduous trees, while the lower parts of the south-western and north-eastern slopes are covered by wasteland and mountain meadows. The slopes on the Czech side of the border are more heavily forested. At the south-eastern foot of the hill runs a local road from Czermna to Pstrążna, and the Czermnica stream flowing there forms a small gorge between Bluszczowa and the neighbouring Świni Grzbiet.

Nearby

Nearby, in Czermna itself, is the Skull Chapel, and closer to the centre of Kudowa-Zdrój, the Museum of Folk Culture of the Sudeten Foothills.

Practical information

• Location: Kudowa-Zdrój, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, on the border with the Czech Republic.
• Height: 523 m above sea level.
• Access from the local road connecting Czermna with Pstrążna; sources do not mention a marked trail to the very summit or a viewpoint.