Devínska Kobyla

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Devínska Kobyla
Devinska Kobyla 02.jpg
height 514  m
location Slovakia
Mountains Small Carpathians
Dominance 11.8 km →  Kozlisko
Notch height 300 m ↓  Lamač
Coordinates 48 ° 11 '26 "  N , 16 ° 59' 45"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '26 "  N , 16 ° 59' 45"  E
Devínska Kobyla (Slovakia)
Devínska Kobyla
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The Devínska Kobyla (German: Thebener Kogel ) is a limestone mountain in Bratislava in Slovakia . He is part of the Little Carpathians , is 514 meters high and together with the other in Austria situated Braunsberg the Thebener gate . There are the rivers of the nearby Danube and March , and the Devin Castle . From the summit you have a wonderful view of Austria, the surroundings of Bratislava and Hungary . The Devínska Kobyla is at the same time eponymous and the highest mountain of part of the Little Carpathians, the Devinske Karpaty . The area around the mountain is protected as the Thebener Kogel National Nature Reserve .

Sandberg

On the western slope of the mountain, not far from Devínska Nová Ves , there is the Sandberg . Fossil remains of over 300 animal species have been found in the rock strata from the Tertiary , around 15 million years old . The covered sand at the top of the elevation makes the Sandberg a special feature of the landscape.

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Individual evidence

  1. Gunnar Strunz: Discovering Bratislava: Forays through the Slovak capital . Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89794-121-2 , pp. 161-162 .

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Commons : Devínska Kobyla  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Sandberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files