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Record SL-550509 · Wikidata Q878738

Rotstein

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Elevation
454 m
1,490 ft
Prominence
Isolation
Coordinates
51.1052° N, 14.7651° E
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Rotstein
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Description

Wikipedia

Rotstein (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːtˌʃtaɪn]; Upper Sorbian: Hrodźišćo, meaning "hillfort" or "sconce") is a mountain ridge and its highest mountain in Görlitz district, Saxony, southeastern Germany, east of Löbau. Furthermore, it is the highest mountain in Eastern Upper Lusatia. Within the structure of Natural regions of Saxony, the Rotstein Ridge forms its own microgeochore within the mesoheochore "Reichenbacher Lösshügelland" (11012) and the macrogeochore Eastern Upper Lusatia (11). There are remains of a late Slavic-early German fortification built as a double wall on the southeastern crest of the Rotstein, hence its Upper Sorbian name.

Best months

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Neighbouring summits

Name Elevation Bearing Distance
Hengstberg 422 m NW 331° 0.7 km
Georgenberg 397 m W 275° 0.9 km
Steinberg 320 m E 112° 2.8 km
Rosenhainer Berg 308 m NW 317° 3.1 km
Paulsdorfer Spitzberg 372 m E 100° 3.8 km
Heideberg 342 m SE 116° 4.0 km

Routes of ascent

Route Network Distance Difficulty
Naturlehrpfad Rotstein lwn 0.6 km