The Slovak TOP …

* The highest location: Gerlachovský Peak, 2,655 m above sea level
* The lowest location: Bodrog river level, 94 m above sea level
* The highest church tower: Spišská Nová Ves (87 m)
* The largest of the 170 castles: Spiš Castle
* The oldest ice cave in Europe: Dobšiná Ice Cave
* The longest Slovak river: Váh
* The highest located municipality: Štrbské 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 Lomnický Peak (2,632 m above sea level) - 3.7 °C
* The location with the highest annual precipitation average: Zbojnícka Lodge (1,960 m above sea level) - 2,130 mm
* The first printed book: the Latin textbook by Lucas Fabinus at Prešov in 1573
* The first newspaper: Prešporské Newspaper, at Prešporok (Bratislava) July 1783
* The largest village in Slovakia: Tvrdošovce (5,400)
* The biggest wooden altar in the world: Levoča - St. Jacob´s Church by Master Paul of Levoča, early 16th century, 18,6 m high and 6.3 m wide

Slovak Agency for Tourism


source: slovakiasummit.sk