Radobýl

Cross on the summit, Litoměřice and Elbe River in the background.

Radobýl (German: Radebeule) is a basalt hill in Central Bohemian Uplands in the Czech Republic. It has an altitude of 399 m (1,309 ft) and is located in the Ústí nad Labem Region, on the border between the territories of Žalhostice and Litoměřice. It rises above village of Žalhostice on right bank of the Elbe River. Part of the hill with abandoned basalt quarry and rich rock steppe flora is under protection as Radobýl Nature Monument. The hill is a popular hiking destination. From huge metallic cross (erected in 1991) on the bare summit there is almost 360-degrees panoramic view of central part of the Central Bohemian Uplands, Litoměřice, Terezín and Lovosice.

In 1944–1945, the Richard I and II subterranean factories were excavated under Radobýl by forced laborers of Leitmeritz concentration camp.^[1]

References

^ Skriebeleit, Jörg (2009). "Leitmeritz". In Megargee, Geoffrey P. (ed.). Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA). Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945. Vol. 1. Translated by Pallavicini, Stephen. Bloomington: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 627. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.

Environment, Litoměřická vinařská stezka. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

50°31′48″N 14°05′40″E / 50.53000°N 14.09444°E / 50.53000; 14.09444

[1] Skriebeleit, Jörg (2009). "Leitmeritz". In Megargee, Geoffrey P. (ed.). Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA). Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945. Vol. 1. Translated by Pallavicini, Stephen. Bloomington: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 627. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.

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