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aktakgreen: ...nebude

Ahojte, z dovodu inych aktivit sa uz niekolko mesiacov nedokazeme venovat nasim kesiam a tym padom bude korektnejsie aby isli do archivu. Vela stastia pripadne novym keskam na tychto miestach. [;)]

Katka & Peto

PS: pri nasej najblizsej navsteve keska bude fyzicky odstranena.

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Hidden : 7/12/2007
Difficulty:
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Terrain:
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Pressburg - Padli Turci...

Porazka Turkov pri Viedni 12.9.1683V lete roku 1683 sa z uhorskych nizin pohli obrovske zoskupenia tureckych vojsk pod zastavami velkovezira Kara Mustafu a vydali sa pozdlz oboch stran Dunaja na Vieden. Ich poslanim bolo dobyt mesto Bratislavu a hrad, ktory bol v rukach cisarskych zoldnierov. Bratislavsky hrad, dobre vybudovany a situovany, bol najvacsou prekazkou uspesneho tazenia na Vieden. Tokolyho vojska na lavom brehu sa dostali až do predmesti Bratislavy, ktoré vypalili. Nestacili vsak uz oblahnut hrad a zastavit jeho delostrelbu. Ustupili pred bliziacimi sa cisarskymi vojskami Karola Lotrinskeho. Okolie Bratislavy zostalo celkom nechranenym priestorom, v ktorom rabovali tokolyovske aj turecke bandy. Jedna z lupeznych tlup prepadla tri dni pred uplnou porazkou Turkov pod Viednou, 9. septembra 1683, vo vinohradskom záhone Ohnavy (vtedy Hohenau), povyse Bieleho kriza zasobovaciu kolonu bratislavskych mestanov. Prevazne mladi a nevycviceni obrancovia kolony v nerovnom boji zahynuli. Nemecky pisana kronika udava, ze ich vsetkych do jedneho pobili (odhaduje sa tridsat - styridsat muzov). Kamenny stlp v sedle pod Kamzikom vytesanymi pismenami modlitby prosi o boziu pomoc a ochranu pred zlym nepriatelom a pripomina davne dni, ked mestu hrozilo takmer uplne znicenie.

Bratislava is the only town in Slovakia that refuses to capitulate to Thokoly’s troops; finally, the town, but not the castle capitulates in July 1683, and is only reconquered by imperial troops after the Turks have been defeated near Vienna (which happened in September 1683). The stone pillar with prayer in the saddle under the Kamzik asks for divine help and protection from bad enemy. It commemorates the old days when the town was almost totally devastated.

Cache: Suradnice Vas privedu k vyssie uvedenemu kamennemu stlpu. Na jeho pate sú vytesane 4 pismena ABCD. Písmena prevedte na cisla A=1, B=2, C=3, ....Z=26 (pouzite anglicku abecedu 26 znakov) a vypocitajte suradnice. Za skrysou sa musite vybrat na JV.

Cache: Coordinates will bring you to the higher mentioned stone pillar, on the bottom of which you will find 4 letters ABCD. Convert these letters to numbers A=1, B=2, C=3, ....Z=26 and calculate the final coordinates. To find the cache you have to go southeasterly.


 X=   (A+C-B)*3 
 Y=   (A*D)-A+B 
 N 48 10.902 (+/-) X 
 E 017 5.904 (+/-) Y 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

xehu/pvepyr

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)