Červená hora, Mountain in Budišov nad Budišovkou, Czech Republic

Červená hora is a flat-topped hill reaching 749 m, the highest point of the Domašov Highlands and of the Opava District. Its summit carries a telecom mast and, almost hidden in the forest beside it, a hydrometeorological station that also serves the European Fireball Network. About 1.5 km west, two quarry walls expose the volcanic past: the larger one has an 18 m wall and an 8 m basalt remnant showing spherical weathering.

Volcanic activity around Červená hora occurred about two million years ago, leaving two wall quarries roughly 1.5 km west of the summit where the columnar and spherical weathering of basalt is visible. In 1758, Austrian general Ernst Gideon von Laudon ambushed a Prussian supply unit at the Battle of Guntramovice nearby, forcing the Prussians to abandon the siege of Olomouc; a memorial marks the mass grave.

The name Červená hora means 'red mountain'. West of the summit stands the Zlatá lípa, a lime tree protected as a memorable tree of the Czech Republic since 27 April 1998; it is said that General Ernst Gideon von Laudon rested there after defeating a Prussian supply unit in 1758, which forced the Prussians to abandon the siege of Olomouc. An information board at the tree recounts the battle and local legends.

The summit lies in the territory of Budišov nad Budišovkou, with the meteorological station and the European Fireball Network station beside the telecommunication mast. The two wall quarries with exposed volcanic rock lie about 1.5 km west of the summit; the larger one, roughly 200 m wide with walls up to 18 m high, sits about 500 m south of the Zlatá lípa memorial tree.

About 1.5 km west of the summit lie two wall quarries exposing the volcanic rock; the larger one has a face up to 18 m high and is some 200 m wide. In its middle stands an 8 m remnant where the basalt shows spherical weathering.