Ostrzyca Ger. Spitzberg hill with a height of 501 m above sea level in the south-western Poland, on the foothills Kaczawa which is part of the Foothills Zachodniosudeckiego . Elevation is located in the south-western part of Foothills Kaczawskie on Upland Ostrzycki , in Lower Silesia , in the district of Złotoryja , in the municipality of Pilgrimage , about 2.5 km southwest of the town of parish priests .
Volcanic cone-shaped elevation. Elevation of a rather steep slopes, with clearly underlined the apex, stands alone in the central-western part of the Plateau Ostrzycki, clearly distinct from the flat landscape.
Elevation of diverse geological structure, composed of volcanics Miocene are part of the core of the old shield volcano filled with lava and cover lava with alkaline lava. It is built with bazanitu , rock similar to basalt . This is a basic volcanic rock , the color of dark, almost black, with a texture afanitowej or porphyry.
From the typical basalts differs by higher content of olivine . asanite building erection is cracked produces regular columns. At the top of the hill there are picturesque rocks .
A large complex on the eastern slope called Little Ostrzyca , au foot there are settlements glacial , fluvioglacial .
Elevation covered the whole forest, rocky slopes covered with barely The forcing itself between rocks, coppicing, which creates: sycamore , ash ,linden , elm , and smaller amounts of oak .
Below is spruce and birch . In the top part of the hill located 450 m above sea level, created a nature reserve an area of 3.81 hectares, which primarily is protected by basalt boulder field and vegetation growing on them rock. The summit, which is dominated by the surrounding area, is a good vantage point. Mountain when the weather is visible from the Giant Mountainz.
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