Zlatý chlum, Mountain summit near Jeseník, Czech Republic.
Goldkoppe, known in Czech as Zlatý chlum, is a summit in the Zlatohorská vrchovina range rising to 892 m, about 2.5 km northeast of Jeseník. Its main top stands roughly 200 m southeast of the 29 m Freiwaldauer Warte observation tower opened in 1899. The summit and tower lie mostly in the Česká Ves cadastre, with southern slopes in Mikulovice and western slopes near Turistický pramen in Jeseník.
On the slopes stood mines worked by the Fuggers between 1505 and 1580. From 1853 a small hut for tourists stood about 200 m from the summit and gradually fell into ruin; in 1899 the 29 m Freiwaldauer Warte tower was built beside it by the Mährisch-Schlesischer Sudetengebirgsverein, followed by the Adolf Medritzer shelter, which burned down in 1955.
The name Goldkoppe, German for "golden peak", recalls the Fugger family's copper and silver mines on the slopes between 1505 and 1580. The 29-metre Freiwaldauer Warte tower of 1899 still stands near the summit, while the Adolf Medritzer mountain hut beside it burned down in 1955.
The true summit lies about 200 m southeast of the 29 m Freiwaldauer Warte tower; the frequently cited 875 m is the spot height at the tower, while the summit reaches 891.7 m. The Hornická naučná stezka mining trail circles Zlatý chlum. The summit and northern half with the tower belong to Česká Ves, the southern part to Mikulovice and the western slope by the Turistický pramen spring to Jeseník.
The summit's 892 m height is often misquoted as 875 m, a figure that refers only to the spot by the lookout tower; the true peak lies about 200 m southeast of the tower. The tower, opened in 1899, is called Freiwaldauer Warte.
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