Morgenleithe
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 View from Bernsbach to Morgenleithe (left) and Auersberg (right) |
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| height | 811.6 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Saxony ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Ore Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 31 '32 " N , 12 ° 43' 55" E | |
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| particularities | Observation tower | |
The Morgenleithe is a mountain with a double peak in the Saxon Ore Mountains at 811.6 m above sea level. Above sea level.
geography
The mountain is located in the area of the city of Lauter-Bernsbach on the municipal borders with Schwarzenberg and Bockau directly on the European long-distance hiking trail E3 and on the mountain hiking trail Eisenach-Budapest .
Origin of the name
The name of Morgenleithe is derived, like other place names in the Ore Mountains, from the ending -leite for slope, which slopes particularly steeply to the east or morning .
tourism
Morgenleithe is a popular hiking destination with a tower built in 1922, which was consecrated by the dialect poet and mayor Bruno Herrmann (1870–1927). In 1933 a mountain restaurant was built. The observation tower was raised to 18 m in 1955.
The distant view from the tower is now severely restricted by dense forest.
literature
- Reinhart Heppner , Jörg Brückner , Helmut Schmidt: Saxon-Bohemian panoramic mountains of the western Ore Mountains in words and pictures with tourist information . Horb am Neckar 2001, pp. 46-48.
- Siegfried Sieber: Around Aue, Schwarzenberg and Johanngeorgenstadt . 1973, Akademieverlag Berlin, p. 116