The Slovak TOP :

• The highest location: Gerlachovskí Peak, 2,655 m above sea level
• The lowest location: Bodrog river level, 94 m above sea level
• The highest church tower: Spi?skˇ Novˇ Ves (87 m)
• The largest of the 170 castles: Spi? Castle
• The oldest ice cave in Europe: Dob?inˇ Ice Cave
• The longest Slovak river: Vˇh
• The highest located municipality: ?trbsk© Tarn Lake, 1,355 m above sea level
• The largest river island in Europe: Rye Island in southern Slovakia, 132,612 ha
• The largest national park: Low Tatras National Park, 81,000 ha
• The oldest protected plant in Slovakia: edelweiss
• The largest and deepest lake in Slovakia: Great Hincovo Tarn Lake - 20.1 ha, 53 m deep
• The place with the lowest annual average temperature: the top of Lomnickí Peak (2,632 m above sea level) - 3.7 řC
• The location with the highest annual precipitation average: Zbojn­cka Lodge (1,960 m above sea level) - 2,130 mm
• The first printed book: the Latin textbook by Lucas Fabinus at Pre?ov in 1573
• The first newspaper: Pre?porsk© Newspaper, at Pre?porok (Bratislava) July 1783
• The largest village in Slovakia: Tvrdo?ovce (5,400)
• The biggest wooden altar in the world: Levo¨a - St. Jacob?s Church by Master Paul of Levo¨a, early 16th century, 18,6 m high and 6.3 m wide

Slovak Agency for Tourism