Oblík, Mountain summit in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic.
Hoblik, called Oblík in Czech, is a 509 m basanite cone about six kilometres north of Louny, with slopes of 30–45° and small rock walls showing columnar jointing. Most of the hill is bare; the north side carries low scrub and a sparse wood of sessile oak, sycamore and ash, and the foot is covered by scree.
A village of the same name stood below the hill, first recorded in 1335 as property of the Magdalene convent in Louny; it held ten farmsteads in the mid-15th century and vanished, probably during the Thirty Years' War. A farmyard built on the site in the second half of the 17th century still stands. From 1938 the state border of the annexed Sudetenland ran over the summit.
The name Oblík comes from its rounded cone shape. From 1506 a chapel stood on the summit, and after it vanished in the Thirty Years' War a wooden cross was raised in 1667; annual St George's pilgrimages followed, and a wooden chapel to St George was built in 1675 because the Prague consistory made further pilgrimages conditional on it. The chapel was gone before the mid-19th century.
Marked trails approach the summit from different starting points, with routes varying in difficulty depending on where you begin. Proper footwear is important as sections become rocky and steep in places.
The summit is surrounded by several hiking routes that reveal different perspectives of the mountain's geology and surrounding views. Each approach shows distinct rock formations and vantage points not visible from others.
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