Velký Lopeník
| Velký Lopeník / Veľký Lopeník | ||
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| height | 911 m nm | |
| location | Czech Republic / Slovakia border . | |
| Mountains | White Carpathians | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 55 '0 " N , 17 ° 48' 0" E | |
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The Velký Lopeník (Czech) or Veľký Lopeník (Slovak), (German Great Lopenik ) is a 911 m high mountain in the White Carpathians . It is located 17 kilometers southeast of Uherský Brod and 20 kilometers northwest of Trenčín . The state border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia runs across its summit .
geography
The mountain is part of the Lopenická hornatina (Lopeníkbergland). The Malý Lopeník (881 m) joins in the north on Czech territory. Surrounding places are Lopeník in the north, Březová in the west, Predpoloma in the east and Grúň in the south. The latter places are part of the Slovak municipality of Nová Bošáca .
history
In 1944 the first wooden observation tower was built on the mountain, which only existed for a short time and burned down in 1946. His successor overturned in 1972. After the laying of the foundation stone on June 23, 2002, the construction of a new tower, jointly supported by the Slovak and Czech sides, began in 2004, which was inaugurated on July 16, 2005. It is 22 meters high and, like its predecessors, is a wooden structure. The construction costs were about 2 million crowns. 101 steps lead to the viewing platform at a height of 20 m.
The mountain is used for paragliding on the Slovak side .
