The Geisingberg is a striking
basalt
Basalt (; ) is an aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the planetary surface, surface of a terrestrial ...
mountain in the eastern
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 ...
in the German federal 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 ...
.
Location and surrounding area
The Geisingberg lies in the upper
Eastern Ore Mountains
The Eastern Ore Mountains () form a natural region of Saxony that covers the eastern part (in area almost the eastern half) of the Saxon Ore Mountains range. Together with the Western and Central Ore Mountains, it is part of the larger Saxon Hi ...
between the mining town of
Altenberg and the village of
Geising
Geising is a ''Stadtteil'' (municipal division) of Altenberg in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. . On its northern and western slopes runs the track of the
Müglitz Valley Railway Müglitz may refer to:
*''Müglitz'', the German name for Mohelnice, a town in the eastern Czech Republic
*''Böhmisch Müglitz'', the German name for Mohelnice, a former village in the northwestern Czech Republic
*Müglitz (Altenberg), a village i ...
. With a maximum incline here of 1:27 (37 per mil) it is one of the steepest working railway lines in Germany.
Walking routes to the summit
* The easiest ascent runs from Altenberg along the road to the summit.
* Other walks being in
Geising
Geising is a ''Stadtteil'' (municipal division) of Altenberg in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. and Bärenstein.
* The Eisenach–Budapest international mountain path runs over the Geisingberg.
See also
*
List of mountains in the Ore Mountains {{Short description, none
This list of mountains shows a selection of the highest and best-known peaks in the Ore Mountains (German: ''Erzgebirge'', Czech: ''Krušné hory'') of Central Europe (''in order of elevation''):
* Klínovec (''Keilberg'' ...
* The
Gaising (Latvian: ''
Gaiziņkalns
The Gaising or Gaiziņkalns (German: Mesenberg), at 312 m (1,024 feet) above sea level, is the highest point in Latvia. It is situated in the Vidzeme Upland, a short distance to the west of the town of Madona, central Vidzeme.
Although only ...
''), the highest point in Latvia.
References
External links
Information about the Geisingberg Nature ReserveHomepage of the Bergbaude Geisingberg (with information about its history and geology)
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Towers in Germany
Mountains of the Ore Mountains
Mountains under 1000 metres
Altenberg, Saxony
Nature reserves in Saxony
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