Děvín
Peak · 310 m · Czechia
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Riders climbing out of Prokopské údolí can spot Děvín's summit crowned by three slender steel cylinders, a 50 m water tower built in 1977 by architect Karel Hubáček, best known for the Ještěd transmitter tower, whose apex forms a stylized letter H as his signature. The 310 m hill rises above the Vltava's left bank between Hlubočepy and Radlice, inside the Prokopské Valley national nature reserve, and is looped on three sides by the curving 1872 Pražský Semmering railway line. A stately blockhouse castle stood here before 1338, built by Štěpán z Tetína and sold around 1370 to a Carthusian monastery, before falling into ruin during the 14th century, some accounts say it was confiscated amid the Hussite unrest of 1420, and by the early 1500s its remains served as artillery practice targets. The wooded slopes still bear trench scarring from WWII Prague Uprising fighting between Vlasov's Russian units and retreating German forces.
From Wikipedia
Děvín je výrazný vrch v Praze (310 m n. m.) nad levým břehem Vltavy, na rozhraní Hlubočep a Radlic. Území je součástí přírodního parku Prokopské a Dalejské údolí, vrchol spadá do národní přírodní rezervace Prokopské údolí. Na severní straně návrší se nachází přírodní památka Ctirad, z jihu, východu i severu je vrch ohraničen obloukem železniční trati Pražský Semmering.