Königswarte - Observation Tower ( 344 meters above sea level)

Around the Royal Observatory, 

Austria 's easternmost summit 

there is a small hiking paradise has developed , 

which enjoys increasing popularity .

Information boards tell 

of the turbulent past of the small mountain, 

which belongs geologically to 

 the Carpathian Mountains.

The Pannonian climate influenced by the plant 

and animal world has many rarities.

In particular, the observation tower
(27 m high) 

is a popular one because 

it offers a unique panoramic 

view to the Neusiedler See, 

in the lowlands almost to Vienna and

the Slovak capital Bratislava 

is a right at your feet 

Koenigswarte has always been 

a strategically important point.

The mountains called Hundsheimer Berge

or sometimes Hainburger Berge (481 m high)

and feature the ruins of Pottenburg Castle 

the former stronghold near the Theban gate

Bird's eye view from a hill to Bratislava

That reminds me the movie 

"Gone with the wind"