Schatzenstein
Sign in to saveSchatzenstein is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany. It is located northwest of Elterlein at the municipal boundary to Zwönitz and Grünhain-Beierfeld on a local watershed which divides the drainage basins of Zwönitz river and Schwarzwasser. Several phyllite cliffs of up to 10 m height are exposed in the vicinity of the mountain.
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- mountain
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Erzgebirgskreis
- Elevation
- 760
- Image
- Schatzenstein-Gedenktafel.JPG
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Schatzenstein is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany. It is located northwest of Elterlein at the municipal boundary to Zwönitz and Grünhain-Beierfeld on a local watershed which divides the drainage basins of Zwönitz river and Schwarzwasser. Several phyllite cliffs of up to 10 m height are exposed in the vicinity of the mountain.
thumb|left|Triangulation marker and commemorative plaque on Schatzenstein summit A marker of the Royal Saxon triangulation campaign of 1862 to 1890 stands on the summit of Schatzenstein. Beneath it, a commemorative plaque for the forester and poet Max Schreyer is mounted to the rock.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schatzenstein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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