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DOBSINA (Ger. Dobschau)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 352 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DOBSINA (Ger. Dobschau) , a See also:town of See also:Hungary, 165 m. N.E. of See also:Budapest by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 5109. It is situated in the See also:county of Gomor, at the See also:foot of the Radzim (3200 ft. high) in the central Carpathians, and lies to the See also:south of the beautiful Straczena valley, watered by the See also:river Gollnitz, and enclosed on all sides by mountains. In the vicinity are mines of See also:iron, See also:cobalt, See also:copper and See also:mercury, some of them being very See also:ancient. But the most remarkable feature is a large cavern some 3* M. N.W., in which is an icefield nearly 2 acres in extent, containing formations which are at once most curious and strikingly beautiful. This cavern, which lies in the above-mentioned Straczena valley, was discovered in 187o. The See also:place was founded in the first See also:half of the 14th See also:century by See also:German miners.

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