Fockeberg
Sign in to saveFockeberg is a Schuttberg in the southern part of Leipzig, Saxony, southeastern Germany, and is actually a pile of rubble left over from the Bombing of Leipzig in World War II. Today it is a wooded hill which overlooks the Südvorstadt and the city center of Leipzig from the height of on one side and the Leipzig Riverside Forest on the other.
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Fockeberg is a Schuttberg in the southern part of Leipzig, Saxony, southeastern Germany, and is actually a pile of rubble left over from the Bombing of Leipzig in World War II. Today it is a wooded hill which overlooks the Südvorstadt and the city center of Leipzig from the height of on one side and the Leipzig Riverside Forest on the other.
At above sea level, it is one of the highest peaks in Leipzig, nevertheless below the discharges of Leipzig-Seehausen () or Leipzig-Liebertwolkwitz () and the natural hills of Galgenberg () at the border with Markkleeberg and Monarchenhügel in Leipzig-Liebertwolkwitz.
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