The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains (Slovak: Vysoké Tatry; Polish: Tatry Wysokie; Rusyn: Высокы Татры, Vŷsokŷ Tatrŷ; German: Hohe Tatra; Hungarian: Magas-Tátra), are a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia in the Prešov Region, and southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. They are a range of the Tatra Mountains chain.
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In this Dossier
- 👉 Prešov Region in the context of High Tatra
- Prešov Region in the context of Bodružal
- Prešov Region in the context of Low Tatras National Park
- Prešov Region in the context of Čergov
- Prešov Region in the context of Ondava Highlands
- Prešov Region in the context of Giraltovce
- Prešov Region in the context of Hanušovce nad Topľou
- Prešov Region in the context of Tatranská Lomnica railway station
Prešov Region in the context of Bodružal
Bodružal (1927–1973: Bodružaľ; Rusyn: Бодруджал; Hungarian: Rózsadomb, until 1899: Bodruzsal) is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Svidník District in Prešov Region, within the Laborec Highlands.
The village, first mentioned in writing in 1600, is best known for housing a baroque wooden church being a national cultural monument in Slovakia.
Prešov Region in the context of Low Tatras National Park
Low Tatras National Park (Slovak: Národný park Nízke Tatry; abbr. NAPANT) is a national park in Central Slovakia, between the Váh River and the Hron River valleys. The park and its buffer zone cover the whole Low Tatras mountain range. The National Park covers an area of 728 km and its buffer zone covers an area of 1,102 km, which makes it the largest national park in Slovakia.
It is divided between the Banská Bystrica Region (Banská Bystrica and Brezno districts), Žilina Region (Ružomberok and Liptovský Mikuláš districts) and Prešov Region (Poprad District). The highest peak is Ďumbier (2,043 m or 7,063 ft). Four major Slovak rivers rise below the Kráľova hoľa peak: Váh, Hron, Hnilec and Hornád.
Prešov Region in the context of Čergov
Čergov is a mountain range in the central part of the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Geologically the range is part of the Outer Western Carpathians.
The Polish name for the range is Góry Czerchowskie, the Czerchów Mountains. In Polish terminology, it is classified within the eastern section of the Western Beskids. In Slovak terminology, the same region is known simply as the Eastern Beskids (Slovak: Východné Beskydy).
Prešov Region in the context of Ondava Highlands
The Ondavská Highlands (in Slovak, Ondavská vrchovina) is a mountain range in the Prešov Region of Slovakia, named for the Ondava River. The mountains are part of the Lower Beskids ranges (known in Polish terminology as the Central Beskids), which are in turn part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
The mountains are characterized by gentle ridges, mostly wooded in deciduous forests of oak and beech, with long valleys formed by the Ondava and Topľa Rivers, and numerous hiking trails throughout. The valleys are occupied by agricultural lands.
Prešov Region in the context of Giraltovce
Giraltovce (Hungarian: Girált, Rusyn: Ґіралтівцї) is a town in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.
Prešov Region in the context of Hanušovce nad Topľou
Hanušovce nad Topľou (Hungarian: Tapolyhanusfalva) is a town in the Vranov nad Topľou District, Prešov Region in eastern Slovakia, near the Topľa river.
Prešov Region in the context of Tatranská Lomnica railway station
Tatranská Lomnica railway station (Slovak: Železničná stanica Tatranská Lomnica) is a break-of-gauge junction station in the High Tatras. It serves the settlement of Tatranská Lomnica, in the Prešov Region, northeastern Slovakia.
Opened in 1895, the station is the eastern terminus of the Starý Smokovec—Tatranská Lomnica branch line operated by the metre gauge Tatra Electric Railway (TEŽ). It also forms the junction between that line and the standard gauge Poprad-Tatry–Tatranská Lomnica branch, which is a spur line from the Poprad-Tatry–Plaveč railway, another standard gauge branch line.