The Bezelberg is a 638 meter high mountain with an observation plateau near Neustadt in

Vogtlandkreis The Vogtlandkreis () is a ''Landkreis'' (List of German rural districts, rural district) in the southwest of Saxony, Germany, at the borders of Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Czech Republic. Neighbouring districts are (from south clockwise) Hof (dist ...

in the German

Free State of Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

. Because only the very top is wooded, it offers a good all-round view of the local area as well as the escarpment of the

Ore Mountains The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at ab ...

that drops away to the northwest towards Steinberg bei Wernesgrün. In GDR times, the mountain was used by the military due to its proximity to the border.

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Mountains of Saxony Mountains under 1000 metres

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