Schöpfl

Infobox Mountain
Name = Schöpfl
Photo = Figl-sternwarte.jpg
Caption = Leopold Figl observatory
Elevation = 893 m
Location = Lower Austria, AUT
Range = Wienerwald
Prominence = 312 m
Coordinates = coord|48|5|14|N|15|54|43|E

Schöpfl is the highest hill in the Wienerwald mountain range (Vienna woods), 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 100 km sight to the Northern Limestone Alps in the west and the Carpathian Mountains in the east.

At the "Mitterschöpfl" (approx. 880 m above sea level), the University of Vienna's Leopold Figl observatory is located. Its largest instrument is a telescope with a primary mirror of 1.6 m which was constructed in the 1960s. A second tower was built recently for some smaller astrophysical telescopes.

External links

* [http://www.astro.univie.ac.at/ Astronomical Institute, Univ.Vienna]