The Geisingberg lies in the upper Eastern Ore Mountains between the mining town of Altenberg and the village of Geising. On its northern and western slopes runs the track of the Müglitz Valley Railway. 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 summitedit
The easiest ascent runs from Altenberg along the road to the summit.
geisingberg, striking, basalt, mountain, eastern, mountains, german, federal, state, saxony, highest, pointelevation824, prominence110, brautstockisolation1, raubennestcoordinates50, 77194, 773444, 77194, 773444geographysaxony, germanyparent, rangeore, mountai. The Geisingberg is a striking basalt mountain in the eastern Ore Mountains in the German federal state of Saxony GeisingbergHighest pointElevation824 m 2 703 ft Prominence110 m BrautstockIsolation1 8 km RaubennestCoordinates50 46 19 N 13 46 24 E 50 77194 N 13 773444 E 50 77194 13 773444GeographyGeisingbergSaxony GermanyParent rangeOre MountainsGeologyMountain typeconeType of rockbasaltClimbingAccessTower inaugurated in 1891 Contents 1 Location and surrounding area 2 Walking routes to the summit 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksLocation and surrounding area editThe Geisingberg lies in the upper Eastern Ore Mountains between the mining town of Altenberg and the village of Geising On its northern and western slopes runs the track of the Muglitz Valley Railway 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 editThe easiest ascent runs from Altenberg along the road to the summit Other walks being in Geising and Barenstein The Eisenach Budapest international mountain path runs over the Geisingberg See also editList of mountains in the Ore Mountains The Gaising Latvian Gaizinkalns the highest point in Latvia References editExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geisingberg Information about the Geisingberg Nature Reserve Homepage of the Bergbaude Geisingberg with information about its history and geology nbsp This Ore Mountains article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geisingberg amp oldid 1087847369, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
