Borówkowa, Mountain summit at Czech-Polish border, Czech Republic

Heidelkoppe is a mountain summit on the Czech-Polish border, topped by a stone observation tower. The tower looks out over the Bardo, Owl, and Jeseniky mountain ranges that stretch across both sides of the border.

The first wooden lookout tower went up in 1870 and decayed within a decade; a 17 m tower followed in 1890, then a 21 m one in 1908 that collapsed in 1922. The present 25 m tower, with 155 steps, was built by the town of Javorník in 2006. In the Middle Ages the slopes marked the border of the Nysa duchy and the Kłodzko county; in 1420 Bishop Konrad gave the north-east slopes to Paczków.

The summit was a meeting point in the 1980s where Czech and Polish activists gathered to support the Solidarity movement. These meetings happened discreetly and show how a remote peak can become a place of cross-border resistance.

The peak can be reached by marked hiking trails from both the Czech and Polish sides of the border. Weather at this elevation can change without much warning, so good footwear and a layer for the wind are worth bringing along.

The peak is the highest point of the Lądek-Zdrój municipality and the highest summit of this meridional stretch of the Złote Mountains. A damaged stone cross missing its upper arm stands below the summit on the Czech side; locals call it a cross of penance or reconciliation, though no evidence supports that name.