Wolfsberg (Saxon Switzerland)
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The Wolfsberg is a 342.9 m high hill in Saxon Switzerland
in the German Free State of Saxony.
. The actual summit is just behind the Panoramahotel Wolfsberg, but is on private land and not readily accessible. Just below the hotel an important hiking trail, the Artists' Way (Malerweg), intersects with the trail to Saxon Switzerland's highest hill, the Großer Zschirnstein
. An information board describes the life of Caspar David Friedrich
who is famous for his landscapes of Saxon Switzerland.
Saxon Switzerland
Saxon Switzerland is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic it forms the Elbe Sandstone Mountains....
in the German Free State of Saxony.
Location
The hill lies south of Reinhardtsdorf in the Elbe Sandstone MountainsElbe Sandstone Mountains
The Elbe Sandstone Mountains, also called the Elbe sandstone highlands is a mountain range straddling the border between the state of Saxony in southeastern Germany and the North Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, with about three-quarters of the area lying on the German side...
. The actual summit is just behind the Panoramahotel Wolfsberg, but is on private land and not readily accessible. Just below the hotel an important hiking trail, the Artists' Way (Malerweg), intersects with the trail to Saxon Switzerland's highest hill, the Großer Zschirnstein
Großer Zschirnstein
The Großer Zschirnstein is the highest hill in the Saxon and German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.- Location and area :There are two climbing peaks on the Großer Zschirnstein - the Großer and Kleiner Zschirnsteinturm . There is also the Südwand climbing route that ends directly at the...
. An information board describes the life of Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning...
who is famous for his landscapes of Saxon Switzerland.
History
An inn was built a little way below the summit in 1890 which became a popular destination as a result of its good views. The inn has now become a "panorama hotel".Ascent of the summit
- The hill may be ascended from the railway halt of SchmilkaBad SchandauBad Schandau is a spa town in Germany, in the south of the Free State of Saxony and the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, at the mouth of the little valley of the Kirnitzsch.-Geography:...
in the Elbe valley along a red-signed hiking trail that runs past the Kaiserkrone, through SchönaReinhardtsdorf-SchönaReinhardtsdorf-Schöna is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district in the German federal state of Saxony. It has a population of approximately 1,600 and is located close to the Czech border in Saxon Switzerland, a popular tourist region....
and Neue Sorge to the Wolfsberg. It is possible to continue along the path through the forest to the Großer ZschirnsteinGroßer ZschirnsteinThe Großer Zschirnstein is the highest hill in the Saxon and German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.- Location and area :There are two climbing peaks on the Großer Zschirnstein - the Großer and Kleiner Zschirnsteinturm . There is also the Südwand climbing route that ends directly at the...
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