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Stara Devinska lanovka / Old ropeway of Devinska Multi-cache

Hidden : 11/4/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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SLOVENSKY

Suradnice vas privedu na miesto kde sa kedysi krizovali trasy dvoch nakladnych dopravnych prostriedkov, rozvijajucich priemysel mestskej casti Devinska Nova Ves.
Ak by ste do tychto miest zabludili niekolko desiatok rokov dozadu, popod nohami by vam viedla zeleznicna uzkokolajovka, sluziaca na prepravu kusoveho vapna z nedalekej Mittelmannovej vapenky.

Jej trasa viedla od spominanej vapenky popod vinohradmi po sucasnej ceste Na hriadkach, nasledne popod zahrady, cez potok Mlaka a popri dnesnom rybniku az na zeleniznicnu stanicu.
Premaval tu parny rusen, doplneny o 6 - 8 nakladnych voznov tzv. ,,ponvaglov".

Ako vam uz samo okolie napovie, ak by ste pred mnohymi rokmi na tomto mieste vcas uhli parnemu vlaciku a zdvihli pohlad k oblohe, nad vasimi hlavami by premavala nakladna lanovka.
Pamatnikmi jej slavnych cias su uz len zachovale kamenne piliere, kedysi doplnene este o ocelove piliere. Prave zachovale kamenne podpery su prvou indiciou k dosiahnutiu finalu tejto kesky, pretoze:

,,ich pocet v tychto miestach je neznama A. Spocitajte iba tie zachovale kamenne ci betonove podpery (bez ohladu na to ci sa jedna o piliere, alebo vysypnik), ktore stoja v priestore medzi riekou Morava a hlavnou cestou!"

Lanovka sluzila na prevoz a nakladanie piesku, vytazeneho v minulosti na nedalekych svahoch Pieskovca. Zacinala prave v priestoroch vtedajsieho lomu nasypnikom, ktoreho kostra sa taktiez zachovala az dodnes. Vo vozikoch sa nalozeny piesok nasledne vydal na svoju kratku cestu ponad cestu Devinska Nova Ves - Devin nad kotvisko na rieke Morave. Tu sa piesok vysypal do vysypnika a odtial priamo do clnov.

Povodne bola lanovka majetkom Mittelmanovej vapenky, no pouzivala sa i po zaniku vapenky, najma pre potreby obcanov. Tazba piesku sa konecne skoncila az niekedy okolo roku 1956, kedy sa pri velkom odstrele vrstvy piesku zosunulo aj kamenne nadlozie s obrovskymi balvanmi.
V sucasnosti je cela oblast vyhlasena za Statnu prirodnu rezervaciu Devinska Kobyla.

,,Za dosiahnutim druhej neznamej B sa musite prejst pomedzi niekdajsie nosniky nakladnej lanovky a pohladat male schodiky. Hodnota B je pocet jednotlivych schodikov na tomto minischodisku veducom do neznama."

CACHE

Final cache je na mieste, ktore sluzi ako pamiatka ruskym obyvatelom pracovneho tabora, ktory za cias slovenskeho statu vznikol na mieste Mittelmannovej vapenky, povodneho vlastnika lanovky i uzkokolajovej zeleznice.
Na dosiahnutie zaverecnych suradnic staci uz len dosadit zistene hodnoty do nasledujuceho jednoducheho vzorca:

N 48° 11. A (B + 2) (A + 1)
E 016° 58. B (B + 1) (A - B + 8)


Kontrolny ciferny sucet: A+B= X



ENGLISH

The coordinates brings you to area, where in the past has been ,nowadays almost totally forgotten, two roads of good traffic, which developed industry in Devinska Nova Ves.
If you were in the past, you would have a narrow-gauge railway under your feet, which was used to transport of lime-brick from near Mittelmann´s limekiln and on the other side over you would be a freight ropeway.
There are only stone pillars, which suggest the famous history of this place.
Just the well-preserved stone pillars are the first puzzle to achieve the final of this cache becouse the number of them in this area is „A“ (sum up only well-preserved stone pillars, which are between main road and river Morava.
The ropeway was instrumentaled to ferry and load the sand mined out from near Pieskovec- Sandberg. The ropeway begun just in the area of The Sandberg, the skeleton of storage hopper stand to this day and beside river Morava the sand was loaded into freoghters.

The maining was finished about 1956.
Actually, the area of Sandberg is a National natural rezervation Devinska Kobyla.

,If you want to get the second puzzle „B“ you shoud find a little stairs at close by stone pillars. The number of stairs is „B“.

CACHE

Final cache is on the place reminings of Russian people, who worked in a labour camp just in the area of Mittelman´s limekiln during The Slovak State (1939-1945).

Final cache is situated on coorinates:

N 48° 11. A (B + 2) (A + 1)
E 016° 58. B (B + 1) (A - B + 8)



Controll: A+B= X


Pre istotu Update listing 26/12/2009

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[SK]: cerqcbfyrqal [EN]: ynfg ohg bar

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)