Praděd, Mountain summit in Malá Morávka, Czech Republic.
Praděd is a 1491-metre peak in the Hrubý Jeseník range, the highest point of Moravia and Czech Silesia. Its summit carries a 146.5-metre television tower, shortened from 162 metres in 1993, with a public viewing platform at 73 metres. The tower's lower shaft is white, while the upper mast is banded red and white.
The Moravian-Silesian Sudeten Mountain Association built a 32.5 m neo-Gothic stone lookout tower here between 1903 and 1912, designed by Vienna architect Franz Ritter von Neumann. Named Habsburgwarte, then Adolf-Hitler-Turm in 1938, it held 23 rooms over seven floors with a restaurant and a viewing platform. It collapsed on 2 May 1959; a replica stands on the Wetzstein in Thuringia since 2004.
The mountain takes its name from Pradziad, a figure in local mythology regarded as a guardian spirit of the Jeseníky Mountains. This connection to folk tradition shapes how people relate to the landscape today.
The mountain is reachable on foot via marked trails and accessible from nearby villages. In winter, ski slopes of varying difficulty operate on the slopes, while the summit area is navigable thanks to established paths and signage.
The summit lies on the historical land border between Moravia and Silesia, so the highest point of Moravia is about 50 metres from the peak itself. The summit building, a tower with a restaurant, is registered as house number 38 in Malá Morávka.
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