Železné hory Protected Landscape Area, Protected landscape area in Kraj Vysočina, Czech Republic.
The Eisengebirge Protected Landscape Park covers 285 km² of the central Železné hory range in the Pardubice and Vysočina regions, from 261 m near Slatiňany to the 668 m summit of Vestec. Its main ridge runs from Ždírec nad Doubravou to Podhořany, cut by the Lovětínská and Hedvíkovská gorges. It contains 24 small protected areas, including the Lichnice national nature reserve and the Kaňkovy hory national nature monument.
The Czech Ministry of the Environment established the protected landscape area by decree 156/1991, effective 1 May 1991, covering the central part of the Iron Mountains between Slatiňany, Chotěboř, Třemošnice and Nasavrky. Its administration has sat in Nasavrky; on 1 January 2024 it merged into a new Vysočina regional office based in Havlíčkův Brod.
Visitors walk the many trails that connect traditional villages and open meadows throughout the region. Local ways of farming and living in the landscape remain visible in how the forests and fields are arranged.
Six marked educational trails cross the area, including the 82 km Krajem Chrudimky path from the Chrudimka spring near Filipov to Chrudim with 37 stops, and the 4.5 km Údolím Doubravy trail from Chotěboř to Bílek with 11 stops. The administration sits in Nasavrky on Náměstí 317. Six ski slopes with lifts lie in and around the area, among them Trhová Kamenice, Hluboká and Nasavrky.
The Eisengebirge sits atop a geological crossroads where different European rock units converge in a small area, creating unusual soil conditions. This geological mix allows ecosystems that would normally be far apart to grow side by side.
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