Mariina skála

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Mariina skála
The Marienfels

The Marienfels

height 428  m nm
location Czech Republic
Mountains Bohemian Switzerland
Coordinates 50 ° 51 '36 "  N , 14 ° 24' 17"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '36 "  N , 14 ° 24' 17"  E
Mariina skála (Czech Republic)
Mariina skála
rock Sandstone

The Mariina skála (German: Marienfels ) is a 428  m nm high rock mountain in Bohemian Switzerland not far from Jetřichovice (Dittersbach) in the Czech Republic . It was named after Princess Marie Kinsky in the 19th century. Before that, the elevation was called Spitzgestein or Grosser Spitziger .

A wooden shelter hut was built on it in 1856 under Ferdinand Bonaventura Prince Kinsky . a. served as a fire watch . On the night of September 9, 2005, the hut was badly damaged by a forest fire. The damage amounted to CZK 200,000 . Another forest fire in the area around Marienfelsen occurred on July 22nd, 2006. The hut - which had only been renewed three weeks earlier - was spared. In the 19th century, the Kinsky family took care of expanding the rock world around Dittersbach. The Marienfels is one of the most beautiful viewpoints in Bohemian Switzerland.

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