Mariina skála

Mariina skála
The Marienfels
Height	428 m (1,404 ft)
Location	Czech Republic
Range	Bohemian Switzerland
Coordinates	50°51′36″N 14°24′17″E / 50.86°N 14.40472°E / 50.86; 14.40472Coordinates: 50°51′36″N 14°24′17″E / 50.86°N 14.40472°E / 50.86; 14.40472
Rock	Sandstone

The Mariina skála, (German: Marienfels) is a 428 m rocky hill in Bohemian Switzerland not far from Jetřichovice (Dittersbach) in the Czech Republic. It was named in the 19th century after Princess Marie Kinsky. Before that, the hill was known as the "Spitzgestein" or "Grosser Spitziger". The hill is one of the best viewing points in Bohemian Switzerland.

In 1856 a wooden refuge hut was erected on the hilltop by Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, that acted as a fire observation tower. In the night of 9 September 2005 the hut was badly damaged by a forest fire. The cost of the damage came to 200,000 Kč. Another forest fire in the area of the Marienfelsen occurred on 22 July 2006. The hut - that had been replaced just three weeks earlier - escaped further damage.

The Kinsky family did a lot of work in the 19th century in opening up the rock landscape around Dittersbach.

External links

• Report on the fire at the hut in 2005 (CZ)
• Report on the fire in 2006 (CZ)

Gallery

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  Forest fire on 22 July 2006

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  Hut detail in 2007