The Bergkopf is an 857 metre high, thickly forested mountain in the

Sparneck Sparneck is a municipality in Upper Franconia in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north ...

Forest in Germany's

Fichtel Mountains The Fichtel Mountains (, ; ) is a mountain range in Germany and the Czech Republic. They extend from the valley of the Red Main River in northeastern Bavaria to the Karlovy Vary Region in western Czech Republic. The Fichtel Mountains contain an ...

. It lies in the northern chain of the Fichtel Mountain Horseshoe, near the crest of the

Großer Waldstein The Großer Waldstein is part of the Waldstein range in the Fichtel Mountains of Germany. It is known primarily for its rock formations caused by spheroidal weathering, its ruined castles and the only remaining bear trap (''Bärenfang' ...

. On its northern slopes is the

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

rock formation A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock (geology), rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term ''rock Geological formation, formation ...

of Kleiner Waldstein (), and, further north towards Sparneck, the source of the Förmitz river. To the northeast lies the granite mountain of Hoher Stein () and, on its slopes, is the source of the Lamitz. To the southwest towards

Weißenstadt Weißenstadt () is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the picturesque Weißenstadter See (Weissenstadt Lake), in the Fichtel Mountains, on the river Ohře, 11 km northwe ...

, a monument commemorates the forester, Johann Braun, who died at that spot on 12 July 1881.

Literature

* Dietmar Herrmann: ''Lexikon Fichtelgebirge - Bayerisches Vorgtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land''. Ackermann Verlag. Hof, 2000. . p.61.

External links

{{commonscat, Bergkopf
Entry
on the webpage of the

Fichtelgebirge Club The Fichtelgebirge Club ( or ''FGV'') is a large walking club and local heritage society in Bavaria and recognised Conservation movement, conservation group with 20,000 members in 55 local groups. As the name says, its main sphere of activity is i ...

Lakes and rivers on the FGV site
Mountains of the Fichtel Mountains Mountains under 1000 metres