Approaching the Čerchov - a photo on Flickriver

            At 1,042 m n.m., the Čerchov (German: Schwarzkopf) is the highest mountain in the Upper Palatine Forest (Český les) and the northern summit of the Bohemian Forest. It lies ca. 2 km from the German-Czech border, roughly in the middle of a triangle formed by the villages of Waldmünchen, Furth im Wald and Domažlice.

After its use by the Wehrmacht in the Second World War the summit was intensively used by the Warsaw Pact until the 1990s as a surveillance station and was placed out of bounds to the public. In addition to the observation tower erected in 1904 by Vilém Kurz and known as the Kurz Tower, a second, larger tower was built in 1987 by the Czechoslovak Army which is used today for flight safety purposes and is not accessible. Both towers are visible here.
Text adapted from Wikipedia.
   

Taken in: Česká republika / Plzeňský kraj / Újezd (show map)

Taken on: November 18, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/7.1, 1/500 sec, 220mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	80.0-400.0 mm f/4.5-5.6
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	220mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	+2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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