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Dobšiná Ice Cave Walkway in the Dobšiná Ice Cave, Dobšiná, Slovakia.

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Dobšiná, town, Košický kraj (region), eastern Slovakia. It lies in the Slovak Ore Mountains, on the Slaná River northwest of Košice. The settlement was founded in 1326 by immigrant German miners and has retained the character of its lumbering and iron-mining past. A few miles northwest is Dobšinká Ice Cave, set in massive limestone rocks. The cave’s largest room, called “Big Hall,” is 396 by 148 by 39 feet (120 by 45 by 12 metres); there is also a “Little Hall.” The cave floor is an ice sheet 66 feet (20 metres) thick. An existing UNESCO World Heritage site was expanded to include the cave in 2000. Pop. (2006 est.) 5,125.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Michael Ray.