Křížový vrch
25Apr

Cross Hill near Rynartice

Křížový vrch offers some of the most beautiful views in the entire region of Bohemian Switzerland. The hilly panorama of the Lusatian Mountains, the mighty Studenec and the unmistakable Růžovský vrch is magnificent. Above the Rynart cottages directly below us we see the undulating landscape...
Střední vrch
25Apr

Middle hill

The middle hill is located about 1 km north of the village of Prysk. It is a 593 m high basalt hill. It is interesting because a rock knoll rises from its top. The hill is accessible by a steep path, which was prepared in...
Chřibský vrch
25Apr

Chřibsky Hill

Chřibský vrch is a prominent forested rock massif about 2 km south of Chřibská and 1 km north of the U Křížového buk saddle. The mountain has two peaks, which were previously referred to as Malý and Velký, but their names were confused. The lower...
Kaiserkrone
24Apr

Kaiserkrone

The Kaiserkrone is an eroded remnant of a mesa, which rises together with another mesa, the Zirkelstein, not far from the village of Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna above the Elbe River valley in Saxon Switzerland. At its southern foot are several sandstone rocks of a characteristic shape, which...
Výhled z Brandu, P. Zieger
24Apr

Brand Viewpoint

The Brand rock plateau lies in the middle of the forests, about 170 m above the Polenz valley to the north of the Elbe Sandstones. The famous viewpoint on the Brand rock plateau, about 3 km from the town of Hohnstein, is known as the...
Zirkelstein
24Apr

Zirkelstein

The smallest but most distinctive table mountain in Bohemian-Saxon Switzerland (385 m). It offers a circular viewpoint, the access road was built in 1842. Zirkelstein or Round Stone got its name from its characteristic shape. This name first appears in 1592 as Circkelstein. ...
Barbarine 1
23Apr

Pfaffenstein a Barbarine

Pfaffenstein is a table mountain 434.6 meters above sea level, located in Germany, in the Saxon part of the Elbe Sandstones. It lies on the west bank of the Elbe near the Königstein fortress, about 10 kilometers west of Hřensko. There are a number of caves...
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19Apr

Golden Hill

Zlatý vrch is a prominent hill (657 m), on whose southeastern slope a quarry was allegedly founded sometime around 1870. The basalt columns in it were perfectly developed and only slightly cracked, so they could be broken up to 6 m long. Due to their...
Pochody Skalními hrádky Labských pískovců
05Mar

Kögler’s Nature Trail Through the Krásná Lipa Region

Thanks to a native of Krásná Lípa – Rudolf Kögler – the first documented nature trail in the Czech Republic was created on October 12, 1941. After many years of devastation and oblivion, it was reconstructed and extended again in 2006 at the initiative of...
Kleinstein 1
01Feb

Kleinstein Rock Gate

In the northern part of the Saxon Switzerland National Park, the last rocky peaks and interesting rock formations of this area rise on a long ridge. On many maps, the ridge is marked Kleinstein with an elevation of 378 m.a.s.l. In reality, it is a...