Schöpfl Explained

Schöpfl
Elevation M:893
Prominence M:312
Location:Lower Austria, Austria
Range:Wienerwald
Coordinates:48.0872°N 15.9119°W

Schöpfl is the highest hill in the Vienna Woods mountain range, the north-easternmost part of the Alps. Geologically, it belongs to the flysch Alps.

The main top of the wooded mountain range carries a high observation tower which enables a sight to the Northern Limestone Alps in the west and the Carpathian Mountains in the east.

At the Mitterschöpfl (above sea level) is the University of Vienna's Leopold Figl observatory. Its largest instrument is a telescope with a primary mirror of, which was constructed in the 1960s. A second tower was built recently for some smaller astrophysical telescopes.

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