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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Schöpfl
| photo = Schöpfl - Matraswarte (1).JPG
| photo_caption = Observation tower on top of the Schöpfl
| elevation_m = 893
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| prominence_m = 312
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| location = [[Lower Austria]], [[Austria]]
| range = [[Vienna Woods|Wienerwald]]
| coordinates = {{coord|48|5|14|N|15|54|43|E}}
}}
'''Schöpfl''' is the highest [[hill]] ({{cvt|893|m|ft|disp=semicolon}}) 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 {{cvt|100|km|mi|-1}} sight to the [[Northern Limestone Alps]] in the west and the [[Carpathian Mountains]] in the east.
At the ''Mitterschöpfl'' ({{Approx.}} {{cvt|882|m|ft}} above sea level) is the [[University of Vienna]]'s Leopold Figl observatory. Its largest instrument is a telescope with a [[primary mirror]] of {{cvt|1.5|m|ft|0}}, which was constructed in the 1960s. A second tower was built recently for some smaller [[astrophysics|astrophysical]] telescopes.
== External links ==
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*[http://www.astro.univie.ac.at Astronomical Institute, Univ.Vienna]
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[[Category:Mountains of Lower Austria]]
[[Category:Mountains of the Alps]]
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