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Zirkelstein
The Zirkelstein is the smallest table hill of Saxon Switzerland, in Germany. It is a wooded, cone-shaped hill with a striking summit block of sandstone rock.
Pfaffenstein
The Pfaffenstein, formerly called the Jungfernstein, is a table hill, above sea level, in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in Saxony. It lies west of the River Elbe near Königstein and is also referred to as "Saxon Switzerland in miniature" on account of its diverse structure.
Schrammsteine
thumb|The Schrammsteine thumb|The High and Middle Torstein - part of the Schrammsteine. Background: the Falkenstein (Saxon Switzerland)|Falkenstein near [[Bad Schandau]] The Schrammsteine are a long, strung-out, very jagged group of rocks in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains located east of Bad Schandau in Saxon Switzerland in eastern Germany. To the north they are bordered by the Kirnitzsch valley, to the south by the Elbe valley and to the east by the Affensteine rocks. The high point of the chain lies at over . The viewing point on the Schrammsteine lies at a height of .
Großer Zschirnstein
hill in the Saxon and German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains
Lilienstein
Lilienstein is a highly distinctive mountain in Saxon Switzerland, in Saxony, southeastern Germany, and was once the site of a Bohemian castle. It is one of the few table mountains on the east of the river Elbe and constitutes the symbol of the Saxon Switzerland National Park.
Kaiserkrone
mountain in Germany
Papststein
thumb|250px|right|View from the viewpoint on the top of the Papststein. The three large mountains are Gohrisch (mountain)|Gohrisch (left), the [[Königstein Fortress (in exact centre) and the Lilienstein (right). The village has the name Kurort Gohrisch.]]
Großer Winterberg
mountain in eastern Germany
Quirl
The Quirl is a low table hill, 349 metres high, in Saxon Switzerland, west of the River Elbe.
Kleiner Zschirnstein
mountain in Saxony, Germany
Gohrisch
Mountain in Germany
Wolfsberg
mountain in Germany
Frienstein
The Frienstein, also called the Vorderes Raubschloss, is a rock formation, about 130 metres high, in Saxon Switzerland. It lies on the northern slopes of the Großer Winterberg in the Affensteine rocks. On the rock there was once a watchtower of the Barony of Wildenstein. Today the Frienstein is a popular climbing peak .
Kleiner Bärenstein
high table hill in the German region of Saxon Switzerland
Rauenstein
mountain in Saxony
Großer Bärenstein
mountain
Cottaer Spitzberg
mountain
Königstein
mountain in Germany
Winterstein
building in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Kleinhennersdorfer Stein
mountain in Germany
Kleiner Winterberg
mountain in Germany
Raumberg
mountain in Germany
Falkenstein
mountain of Saxon Switzerland, Germany
Lampertsstein
Lampertsstein is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.
Bärensteine
The Bärensteine is a massif in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany near Weißig. It comprises the two rock formations known as the Großer and Kleiner Bärenstein (the "Great" and "Little Bear Rock") in Saxon Switzerland. The Kleiner Bärenstein has a height of . The more prominent Großer Bärenstein is actually the lower of the two with a height of .
Brand
mountain in Saxony Switzerland, Germany