Praděd (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpraɟɛt]; German: Altvater; Polish: Pradziad; literally "great grandfather") (1,490.8 metres (4,891 ft)) is the highest mountain of the Hrubý Jeseník mountains, Moravia, Czech Silesia and Upper Silesia and is the fifth-highest mountain of the Czech Republic.

Due to its unmaintained condition in communist Czechoslovakia, with water freezing in cracks breaking it up, the watchtower collapsed 2 May 1959 shortly before it was supposed to get fixed.

In the Middle Ages, people feared the place, believing witches lived there.

The area of the peak and its surroundings is also specially protected as the Praděd National Nature Reserve.

With an area of 2,029.63 ha (5,015.3 acres), it is the largest national nature reserve in the country.

[3] The most important plant species that grow here are Poa riphaea, Campanula gelida, Plantago atrata subsp.