Oheb
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Pardubický kraj
District (town):
Chrudim
Village:
Seč
Cadastre:
Proseč u Seče
Map sheets:
13-43 Golčův Jeníkov, 13-432
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
1586
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Kutná Hora Crystalline. Nature Reserve in the Protected Landscape Area. Rocky promontory overlooking a dam lake. A ruin of the Oheb Castle from the 14th century dominates this area. Rock complex consists of orthogneisses and migmatites (also called the Oheb Gneiss,the Oheb Crystalline represents local geological unit belonging to the Kutná Hory Crystalline). The gneiss is reddish, with schistose disintegration, locally deeply weathered. Thick cover of colluvial deposits and block fields.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic > Kutná Hora and Svratka region > Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
rock salient, block field, scree
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), weathering
Rock:
orthogneiss, migmatite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Železné hory
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 288 (Oheb)
Part of national geopark:
Železné hory
Conflicts of interests:
tourism
References
- Faltysová H., Bárta F. a kol. Pardubicko (2002):In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IV. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.254 Praha.
- Žežulková, V. edit. (1988): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSR 1:25 000, list 13-441 Nasavrky. MS - archiv ČGS. Praha
- Štědrá V. a kol. (v tisku): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSR 1:25 000, list 13-432 Vilémov, ČGS
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavlína Jirková, 04.11.2009
Updated by:
Rambousek Petr, 25.09.2012, Štědrá Veronika, 24.02.2021, Vajskebrová Markéta, 15.12.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1586 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1586.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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