Vyškov Gate

Vyškov Gate
Vyškov Gate - view to south from Nemojany
Highest point
Peak Na hanácké
Elevation 339 m (1,112 ft)
Dimensions
Length 17 km (11 mi)
Geography
Location Vyškovská brána CZ III1 A-2.png
Country Czech Republic, Moravia [1]
Range coordinates 49°00′N 16°30′E / 49°N 16.5°E / 49; 16.5Coordinates: 49°00′N 16°30′E / 49°N 16.5°E / 49; 16.5
Borders on Carpathians

The Vyškov Gate (Czech: Vyškovská brána, Polish: Brama Wyszkówska, German: Wischau Pforte, Slovak: Vyškovská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravia (Czech Republic). It is formed by the depression between the Carpathian Mountains in the east and the Bohemian massif (Drahanská vrchovina) in the west. The drainage divide between the upper River Haná to the River Morava of the Danube basin runs through it and Rakovec brook (in the Dyje-Svratka Vale). The gate is between the Upper Morava Vale (in the north-east) and the Dyje-Svratka Vale (in the south-west), all in Subcarpathia - Outer Carpathian depression.

Including low watershed (drainage divide) Na hanácké - 339 m

The Vyškov Gate has been a natural pass between the Bohemian-Moravian province (Bohemian Massif) – Bohemian-Moravian Highland and the Carpathians (Chřiby) since ancient times. Here ran the most important trade routes from southern Europe to the Baltic Sea (e.g. the Amber Road) and also routes from Moravia to Upper Silesia and Lesser Poland. Today the D1 motorway leads from the Moravian capital Brno to Ostrava, the centre of the Moravian-Silesian Region. The Austrian Northern Railway (one part) built in 1869 from Brno to Přerov and Ostrava also traversed the Vyškov Gate.

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Notes
  1. ↑ "About the Carpathians - Carpathian Heritage Society". Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
Haná River in Vyškov Gate, Moravia
Moravian Carpathians(marked in red) within the Outer Western Carpathian
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