Gontowa
Mountain in the Wyrębińskie Hills, Poland
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Gontowa (German: Schindelberg) is a mountain in the Wyrębińskie Hills in south-western Poland. With an elevation of 723 metres (2,372 ft), it is one of the higher summits in the rural gmina of Nowa Ruda, Kłodzko County, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.[1]
| Gontowa | |
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Gontowa in 2018 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 723 m (2,372 ft)[1] |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Parent range | Wyrębińskie Hills |
Geography
The planning study for Nowa Ruda rural gmina lists Gontowa at 723.0 metres (2,372.0 ft) above sea level and places it in the Wyrębińskie Hills, within the wider physiographic setting of the Sudetes.[1] The mountain lies in Kłodzko County in the administrative area of Nowa Ruda rural gmina.[1]
The slopes of Gontowa contain the remains of the so-called Gontowa complex, described in the gmina study as a group of underground halls and two adits connected with the wartime Riese works.[1] The same study also notes the "Sokolec complex" adits on the north-western slope of the mountain.[1]
History
The German name Schindelberg is attested in pre-1945 regional literature.[2]
During the Second World War, Gontowa became one of the sites associated with the Riese project. According to the Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoźnica, the Gross-Rosen subcamp AL Falkenberg was established near Sokolec and Sowina at the turn of April and May 1944, and its prisoners were forced to drill tunnels on the northern and eastern slopes of Schindelberg (Gontowa) and to build a road toward the mountain.[3]