The Central Sudetes (Czech: Orlická oblast or Střední Sudety, Polish: Sudety Środkowe, German: Mittelsudeten) are the central part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Nysa Kłodzka River and the Kłodzko Valley in the east to the upper Bóbr in the west.

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Central Sudetes
View from Zygmuntówka refuge, Owl Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Velká Deštná
Elevation	1,115 m (3,658 ft)
Coordinates	50°18′18″N 16°23′56.7″E
Geography
Divisions of the Sudetes range system, Central Sudetes marked in yellow
Countries	Czech Republic and Poland
States	Bohemia, Moravia (Czech Rep.) and Lower Silesia, Opole (Poland)
Parent range	Sudetes range system

The Central Sudetes comprise a number of mountain ranges, including:

• Orlické Mountains
• Bystrzyckie Mountains
• Bardzkie Mountains
• Owl Mountains
• Stone Mountains
• Stołowe Mountains

The largest town within the Central Sudetes is Wałbrzych in Poland, where the Owl Mountains contain extended black coal reserves.

Literary Heights Festival

The Literary Heights Festival, a Polish literary festival founded in 2015 which takes place in the vicinity of Nowa Ruda at the foot of the Owl Mountains in the Kłodzko Valley.

The event's organizers include the Mount Babel Cultural Association, the city and commune of Nowa Ruda, while the hosts are Karol Maliszewski and Olga Tokarczuk, who lives in Krajanów. The festival's program includes educational sessions, debates, concerts, panels, shows, meetings, poetry, literary workshops, film screenings, culinary workshops and various exhibitions.

See also

• Western Sudetes
• Eastern Sudetes

Bibliography

• M. Staffa (1982): Przewodnik turystyczny: Wędrówka przez Sudety Środkowe: Góry Wałbrzyskie – Góry Suche – Góry Sowie – Góry Bardzkie. Wyd. PTTK "Kraj": Warszawa/Krakow ISBN 8300004769
• K. Radwański, M. Szymczak (2008): Atlas gór Polski: Sudety. Karpaty. Góry Świętokrzyskie. Wyda. ExpressMap: Warszawa ISBN 83-6012-064-1
• Praca zbiorowa: Mapa Sudety Środkowe (scale 1:40 000). Wydawnictwo Turystyczne Plan: Jelenia Góra ISBN 83-60044-44-9
• M. Mota (1998): Sudety Środkowe, Wschodnie i Kotlina Kłodzka (A. Rajwa Geologia i rzeźba; C. Skała Geografia i przyroda); Wyd."Pascal": Bielsko-Biała ISBN 838769603X