Buštěhradská halda
Peak · 357 m · Czechia
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The flat-topped hill that dominates the view from the northeast was carried here load by load. Slag and other industrial waste from the Kladno ironworks piled up through the late 20th century into 357 metres of artificial mesa, and the borders of Kladno-Vrapice, Buštěhrad and Stehelčeves all meet on top of it. Its western end runs out just above the medieval church of St. Nicholas in Vrapice.
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Buštěhrad slag heap (Czech: Buštěhradská halda; 357 metres (1,171 ft) asl) is a huge artificial hill between municipalities of Kladno-Vrapice, Buštěhrad and Stehelčeves near Kladno in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic that have arisen in the late 20th century as a dumping site for slag from the Kladno ironworks, and other industrial waste. This is one of the most massive heaps of Kladno area, which, particularly when viewed from the northeast, forms by far the most visible and noticeable part of the landscape in shape of a mesa. The heap is situated less than 6 kilometres (4 mi) NE from the centre of the Kladno on right slope of shallow valley of the Dřetovický potok stream, in a place where borders of the three municipalities meet. Most of the heap (NE and central part) is based on cadastre of Stehelčeves. The southern part of it is on the territory of Buštěhrad town. Both these settlements lie within a few hundred paces from the heap. The westernmost part of the heap reaches the territory of the city of Kladno, specifically its suburb of Vrapice, just above the medieval church of St. Nicholas and municipal wastewater treatment plant. The heap covers an area of approximately...