Sokol

Sokol is a cone-shaped peak in the , just south of the frontier between and the . There are traces at the summit of a medieval castle—Starý Falkenburk.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 592 metres
  • Description: mountain in Czech Republic, part of Lusatian Mountains
  • Also known as: Falken-Berg

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Hawk’s Castle and Highwood.

Ruins
is a ruins.

Scenic viewpoint
Hochwald is a mountain on the border of in southeastern and in the . It is at 749.5 metres above sea level, one of the highest in the / ranges, directly on the Czech/German border.

Peak
Photo: Zp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zittau Mountains, formerly also called the Lusatian Ridge, refer to the German part of the that straddle the - border in the extreme southeast of the German state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petrovice and Heřmanice v Podještědí.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Zákupák, Public domain.
is a village.

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Sokol

Latitude
50.80748° or 50° 48′ 27″ north
Longitude
14.74994° or 14° 44′ 60″ east
Elevation
592 metres (1,942 feet)
Open location code
9F2PRP4X+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 582462900
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
7304362
Wiki­data ID
Q1478715
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sokol” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Sokol
  • Czech: Sokol
  • Dutch: Sokol
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل سوكول
  • German: Falkenberg
  • German: Sokol
  • German: Starý Falkenburk
  • Ladin: Sokol
  • Polish: Sokol
  • Romanian: Muntele Sokol
  • Romanian: Sokol
  • Swedish: Sokol

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Kočičí studánka and Malý Sokol.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sokol”. Photo: Trendy64, CC BY-SA 3.0.