Sumava
Bohemian Forest is a national park in South Bohemia part of Czech Republic. The forest is a part of largest protected forest area of Central Europe and both the woods and the mountain range that forms its backbone stretch in Germany, Czech Republic and Austria.
Photo: Luchs, CC BY 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Buková slať
Nature reserve
Buková slať is situated 2½ km south of Sumava. Photo: Vojtech.dostal, CC BY 3.0.
Chapel of Saint Anne
Church
Chapel of Saint Anne is situated 3 km east of Sumava. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borová Lada
Nature reserve
Borová Lada is situated 3½ km northeast of Sumava. Photo: Richenza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Hraběcí Huť
Hamlet
Hraběcí Huť is situated 6 km northwest of Sumava. Photo: Mojmir Churavy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sumava
- Type: Mountain
- Description: low mountain range in Central Europe
- Categories: Mittelgebirge, mountain range and mesoregion
- Location: South Bohemia, Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
- Latitude: 48.9769° or 48° 58' 36.8" north
- Longitude: 13.6331° or 13° 37' 59.2" east
- Elevation: 1066 metres (3497 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 3064683
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Boheemse Woud
- Arabic: شومافا
- Asturian: Selva de Bohemia
- Basque: Bohemiako oihana
- Belarusian: Горы Шумава
- Belarusian: Шумава
- Bengali: বোহিমীয় অরণ্য
- Bengali: বোহেমীয় অরণ্য
- Bulgarian: Шумава
- Catalan: Selva de Bohèmia
- Cebuano: Šumava
- Chinese: 波希米亚林山
- Chinese: 波希米亚森林
- Croatian: Češka šuma
- Czech: Böhmerwald
- Czech: Šumava
- Danish: Böhmerwald
- Dutch: Boheemse Woud
- Dutch: Bohemer Woud
- Dutch: Bohemerwoud
- Dutch: Bohemisch Woud
- English: Bohemian Forest
- English: Šumava
- Esperanto: Böhmerwald
- Esperanto: Ŝumavo
- Esperanto: Šumava
- Finnish: Böhmerwald
- French: Foret de Boheme
- French: Forêt de Bohême
- French: forêt de Bohême
- Georgian: ბოჰემიის ტყე
- Georgian: შუმავა
- German: Böhmerwald
- German: Böhmische Wälder
- German: Böhmischer Wald
- German: Hoher Böhmerwald
- German: Sumava
- German: Šumava
- Hebrew: יער בוהמיה
- Hebrew: רכס יער בוהמיה
- Italian: Selva Boema
- Italian: Sumava
- Italian: Šumava
- Japanese: ベーマーの森
- Japanese: ベーマーヴァルト
- Japanese: ボヘミアの森
- Latvian: Šumava
- Lithuanian: Bohemijos Miškas
- Lithuanian: Šumava
- Macedonian: Бохемска Шума
- Macedonian: Чешка Шума
- Macedonian: Шумава
- Norwegian: Böhmerwald
- Norwegian Bokmål: Böhmerwald
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Böhmerwald
- Persian: شوماوا
- Polish: Hinterer Wald
- Polish: Szumawa
- Polish: Šumava
- Romanian: Böhmerwald
- Romanian: Munţii Pădurea Boemiei
- Romanian: Munții Pădurea Boemiei
- Russian: Богемский Лес
- Russian: Чешский лес
- Russian: Шумава
- Serbian: Češka Šumava
- Serbian: Чешка Шумава
- Serbian: Шумава
- Silesian: Szůmawa
- Slovak: Šumava
- Spanish: Bosque de Bohemia
- Spanish: Selva de Bohemia
- Spanish: Sumava
- Spanish: Šumava
- Swedish: Böhmerwald
- Swedish: Šumava (bergskedja i Tjeckien)
- Swedish: Šumava
- Ukrainian: Шумава
- Upper Sorbian: Böhmerwald
- Upper Sorbian: Šumava
- Upper Sorbian: Šumawa
- Urdu: سلسلہ کوہ شوماوا
- Vietnamese: Rừng Bohemia
In the Area
Localities
- Nová BoubskáHamlet
- Borová LadaVillage, 2½ km northeast
- Svinná LadaHamlet, 3 km northeast
- Františkov (Kvilda)Village, 3 km northwest
- Nový SvětVillage, 4½ km northeast
- bývalé StodůlkyHamlet, 4½ km south
Landmarks
- Vysoký stolecMountain, 2 km northwest
- Stolová horaMountain, 2½ km west
- StrážMountain, 4 km west
- Holý vrchMountain, 4 km west
- SiebensteinfelsenMountain, 4½ km west
- StreubergMountain, 4½ km southwest
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