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Pfaffenberg is a mountain in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in the state of 
Mountains of Saxony
Saxony
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, southeastern Germany
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. It is part of the Saxon Uplands.
In 1911 a mountain inn was built on Pfaffenberg by the Ore Mountain Club, however in 2014 it was temporarily closed for renovations and has yet to fully reopen.
In the 1860s, the Royal Saxon Triangulation
In trigonometry and geometry, triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by forming triangles to the point from known points.
Applications
In surveying
Specifically in surveying, triangulation involves only angle m ...
operated station number 16 on the Pfaffenberg. The triangulation point is still visible.
Mountains of Saxony
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