SCHNEEKOPPE  , a

mountain of Germany, on the Silesian Bohemian frontier, the highest peak (5100 ft.) of the Riesengebirge, situated immediately above the town of Schmiedeberg, 8 m . S. from Hirschberg . From the crest, which is about 5o yds. sq. and across which runs the frontier line between Silesia and Bohemia, a magnificent view is obtained across the Oder plain to Breslau on the north and over Bohemia to the south-west . Just below the ridge, on the Prussian side, lies the chapel of St Lawrence, which was used as a hospice for travellers from 1824 to 185o, when a new hostel was erected . Since 1900 a meteorological station has been established here . See Zetzmann, Panorama von der Schneekoppe (Berlin, 1903) .