Holý kopec, Nature reserve in Buchlovice, Czech Republic
Holý kopec is a hill in the Chřiby range, 548 m high, about 1,800 m west of Buchlov, in the Uherské Hradiště district. Around its summit lies a 92 ha nature reserve of natural Carpathian beech forest with oak on the south side and maple, and exposed rock formations marking part of a late Bronze Age Lusatian urn-field hillfort.
Holý kopec was declared a nature reserve on 7 July 1999 to protect a natural forest complex with rare plants and animals. Its prepared rock formations also mark part of a late Bronze Age hillfort of the Lusatian Urnfield culture. It is the only forest area in the Chřiby with the prospect of developing into a primeval forest ecosystem.
The name Holý kopec means "bare hill", describing the treeless summit that gave the hill its name. The prepared rock formations on the slopes mark part of a prehistoric hillfort of the Lusatian urn-field culture from the Late Bronze Age, so the forest also holds archaeological traces.
The reserve lies about 1,800 metres west of Buchlov hill in the Chřiby range, near Buchlovice in the Uherské Hradiště district. The summit reaches 548 m above sea level, and the protected area covers 92 hectares around it.
The rocky outcrops on the slope mark part of a prehistoric hillfort of the Lusatian urnfield culture from the Late Bronze Age. The reserve is the only forest area in the Chřiby with the prospect of developing into a primeval forest ecosystem.
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