List of climbing peaks in the Rathen area

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The sub-areas in the Saxon Switzerland climbing area

The list of climbing peak in Rathener area includes all climbing peak in subsection Rathen the climbing area Saxon Switzerland . The Rathen area includes the climbing rocks north and east of the health resort Rathen , around the bastion and on both sides of the Amselgrund as well as on the Gamrig .

It is based on the rock information system of the German Alpine Club (DAV) and the six-volume climbing guide for Saxon Switzerland published from 1999 to 2003 based on the work of the “New Paths / Climbing Guides” working group of the Saxon Mountaineering Association (SBB).

Legend

• Image: Shows a picture of the climbing peak.
• Climbing summit: Name or description of the summit, alternative or older names are in italics .
• Meaning: The meaning is given in four levels with stars, based on the classification in the climbing guide. On the one hand , it names less significant peaks, so-called quacks , which are given an asterisk (*) in the table. On the other hand, it names important (***) and particularly outstanding peaks such as the Teufelsturm (****). All other peaks are marked with two stars (**) in the table
• Maximum rock height : Maximum height of the free-standing rock, this can be significantly lower on other sides of the rock.
• Date of the first ascent: year of the first climbing sporty ascent , usually via the old way, with few exceptions in Saxon Switzerland the way of the first ascent is called "old way", it is mostly also the easiest ascent.
• First-time climber: Name of the first-time climber (without any subsequent climbers ).
• Difficulty level: Difficulty level of the old path (if the path of the first ascent has a different name, this is indicated), the degrees are named according to the Saxon difficulty scale , if these were later exceeded on "construction sites" , the level of difficulty is given in brackets.
• Number of routes: Number of recognized routes including entry and exit options.
• Number of jumps: Number of jumps and paths with jumps at the summit.
• Location: location in the sub-area as well as exact summit coordinates.
• Notes: Special features, time restrictions and other notes.

List of climbing peaks

image	Climbing summit	meaning	Maximum rock height	Date of first ascent	First climber	Difficulty level	Number of ways (including variants)	Number of jumps	location	Remarks
	Kraxelbrüderschibe Kraxelbrüderturm	**	25 m	around 1914	Paul Ascher	II	13	6th	Hirschgrund location
	Cross head Lenin	*	35 m	May 10, 1970	Klaus Bergmann	V	6th		Hirschgrund location
	Deer base disk	**	17 m	Aug 6, 1911	Alfred Muller	VIIb (VIIIa)	5		Hirschgrund location
	Doktor Doktorturm, deer ground pin, disk	**	35 m	19 Sep 1909		V	11		Hirschgrund location
	patient	*	10 m	Apr 2, 1923	Fritz Bendel	VI	6th		Hirschgrund location
	assistant	**	30 m	around 1920	Fritz Richter	V	28		Hirschgrund location
	Hinterer Hirschgrundturm Doktorturm, Großer Hirschgrundturm, Dreifreundschaftsstein	***	25 m	June 13, 1909	Walther Fischer	2 / III	21st	6th	Hirschgrund location
	Poacher	**	18 m	Oct 28, 1961	Alfred Fritzsch	II	14th	1	Hirschgrund location
	Middle deer tower, rear horse tower	**	17 m	March 29, 1908	Rudolf Fehrmann	III	12		Hirschgrund location
	Vorderer Hirschgrundturm Kleiner Hirschgrundturm, Kleiner Pferdegrundturm	**	17 m	March 30, 1905	Rudolf Fehrmann	II	16		Hirschgrund location
	Deer basic cone Horse basic cone	***	23 m	Oct. 4, 1905	Rudolf Fehrmann	IV	16		Hirschgrund location
	Henchman deer head	*	9 m	before 1914		III	9		Hirschgrund location
	Perforated tower	**	12 m	March 23, 1894	Oscar Schuster	II	13		Hirschgrund location
	Hirschgrundwarte	*	10 m			II	24	1	Hirschgrund location
	Adolf-Hermann-Fels Hermann-Adolf-Fels	**	12 m	Nov 14, 1920	Kurt think	V	11	1	Bastei location	Named after Adolf-Hermann Denke, the brother of the first climber. Climbing is prohibited from January 1st to June 30th.
	Watch tower	***	20 m	March 23, 1894	Oscar Schuster	III (IV)	21st		Bastei location	A rock fall on November 22, 2000 destroyed seven climbing routes. Climbing is prohibited in the demolition area.
	Torstein Tower	**	15 m	May 23, 1909	Alfred Muller	III	21st	1	Bastei location
	Margaretenspitze Hesseturm, Hocksteiner Turm, Enzianspitze	*	10 m	May 23, 1909	Willy Hesse	III	7th	1	Bastei location
	Musketeer Kleine Margaretenspitze	*	10 m	Aug 14, 1917	Max Heinze	II	8th		Bastei location
	Mountain pirate	*	10 m	May 18, 1950	Dietrich Hasse	V	8th	1	Bastei location
	Bastion Tower Bastion Guardian	**	30 m	Apr 22, 1908	Arymund Fehrmann	IV	14th		Bastei location
	Sieberturm	***	25 m	Oct. 22, 1911	Arno Sieber	IV	19th		Bastei location
	Century Tower Jubilee Tower	**	25 m	before 1912		IV	8th		Bastei location
	Slingshot Large slingshot, Alte Schanze	****	70 m	before 1905		I.	28		Bastei location	In the Middle Ages part of the Neurathen Castle .
	Neurathener Felsentor small slingshot, Kyselakfels	**	15 m	before 1897		III	15th		Bastei location	In the Middle Ages gate of the rock castle Neurathen .
	Tiedrock Rosenbettfels	**	18 m	June 20, 1909	Karl Ullrich	VIIb (VIIc)	6th	1	Bastei location	Named after the poet Christoph August Tiedge .
	Monk monk stone, camel	****	40 m	1874	Otto Ufer	III, southeast route	46	1	Bastei location	In the Middle Ages, sentinel at Neurathen Castle .
	bee	*	48 m	Apr 1, 1967	Heinz Seidel	II	10	2	Bastei location
	Lost tower	***	50 m	Dec 12, 1905	Oliver Perry-Smith	3 / IV	13	3	Bastei location
	deer	**	38 m	Aug 13, 1911		VI (VIIb)	7th		Bastei location
	Long Israel	**	35 m	May 25, 1920	Walter Kaiser	VIIb	9	1	Bastei location
	Rudolf Holtz Tower	**	30 m	March 28, 1920	Bruno Henning	IV	5		Bastei location
	Basteischluchturm Tower in the Basteischlucht, three-headed	***	55 m	May 17, 1908	Fritz Massak	VI	12		Bastei location
	Larynx	**	28 m	July 21, 1907	Alfred Keppler	III	9		Wehlgrund location
	Small watchtower Eastern watchtower	****	65 m	Aug 13, 1905	Rudolf Nake	VI	15th		Wehlgrund location	Climbing is prohibited when the Rathen Felsenbühne is playing .
	Middle watchtower	**	40 m	Aug 1903	Johannes Klitzsch	II	15th		Wehlgrund location	Climbing is prohibited when the Rathen Felsenbühne is playing .
	Great watchtower Northern watchtower, Stabelerturm	****	70 m	Aug 2, 1905	Rudolf Fehrmann	IV	17th		Wehlgrund location	Climbing is prohibited when the Rathen Felsenbühne is playing .
	Font Western Wehlturm	***	65 m	June 4, 1905	Arthur Hoyer	III	24	1	Bastei location	Climbing is prohibited when the Rathen Felsenbühne is playing .
	Godfather	*	10 m	2nd June 1979	Falk Heinicke	V	4th		Bastei location
	Ferdinandturm Amazone	*	12 m	4th July 1934	Alexander Weyhmann	III	5	1	Bastei location	Named after Ferdinand I of Austria .
	Black column	*	9 m	May 18, 1950	Alfred Fritzsch	III	4th	1	Bastei location
	Aschelochturm Small Bastion Guardian, Northern Basteischeibe	*	10 m	June 13, 1920	Walter Knoll	III	7th		Bastei location
	Zugvogelspitze	**	45 m	June 24, 1920	Willy Zenker	V	4th		Bastei location
	Rock sports tower	*	45 m	Apr 18, 1920	Rudolf Buchwald	V	4th		Bastei location
	Rock Star Disk Rear Bastion Guardian	**	42 m	June 1921	Oskar Richter	VI	5	1	Bastei location
	Bastion Guardian Front Bastion Guardian	**	55 m	June 9, 1920	Herbert Thierbach	VI	8th		Bastei location
	Wehlhorn	*	55 m	Apr 14, 1962	Helmut Großer	II	5		Wehlgrund location
	Cave tower Mossy Tower	*	25 m	Apr 14, 1962	Helmut Großer	II	5		Wehlgrund location
	Double head	**	35 m	Apr. 1911		V	10		Wehlgrund location
	Wehlkegel	**	30 m	June 13, 1920	Walter Vogt	III	8th		Wehlgrund location
	Rear bastion tower	**	40 m	June 9, 1920	Herbert Thierbach	II	12		Wehlgrund location
	Tailor Wibbel	*	25 m	3rd June 1979	Zdeněk Hubka	III, first stroke	14th		Wehlgrund location
	Lemon head	**	42 m	Nov 5, 1905	Oliver Perry-Smith	III	14th	1	Wehlgrund location
	Prankster	*	15 m	Sep 15 1979	Christian Wittetschek	III	14th		Wehlgrund location
	Washer	**	10 m	before 1917		VIIa (VIIb)	6th		Wehlgrund location
	Wehlgrundspitze	**	14 m	March 18, 1915		V	11	1	Wehlgrund location
	Wehlgrund Guardian	**	15 m	May 2, 1915	Alfred Günther	V	9		Wehlgrund location
	Grafenspitze	*	15 m	Aug 8, 1915	"Kraxelbuben"	IV	8th		Wehlgrund location
	Grenadier tower	**	18 m	Apr 23, 1916		II	13		Wehlgrund location
	Aquarius	*	35 m	27 Sep 1916	Kurt Nitzschmann	II	11	1	Wehlgrund location
	Beer tower	*	40 m	June 12, 1966	Helmut Venus	III	15th	3	Wehlgrund location
	Axelturm Grafenstein, Mörbitzturm	**	30 m	around 1917	Kurt Mörbitz	VIIb	9	1	Wehlgrund location
	Pavilion guard	**	15 m	Jan. 18, 1920	Albert Rockmann	III	13		Wehlgrund location
	Pulpit disc	*	8 m	May 6, 1917	Kurt Nitzschmann	V	6th		Wehlgrund location
	lizard	*	16 m	Aug 15, 1981	Frank Wolniewicz	IV	14th	3	Wehlgrund location
	hawk	**	35 m	Aug 3, 1933	Helmut Oehme	V	11	2	Wehlgrund location
	Statist Unnamed tip Oehmeturm	**	18 m	May 11, 1918	Kurt Nitzschmann	II	17th		Wehlgrund location
	Rogue	*	20 m	Apr 10, 1937	Hans Heilmaier	II	8th	1	Wehlgrund location
	Mountain friend	**	40 m			III	16	1	Wehlgrund location
	Whistle needle	***	35 m	Apr 9, 1906	Oliver Perry-Smith	V	11		Wehlgrund location
	Bergfreundeturm	**	55 m	May 25, 1915	Kurt Nitzschmann	III	28		Wehlgrund location
	Souffleur Small Wehlkopf	**	15 m	May 25, 1915	Kurt Nitzschmann	V	11		Wehlgrund location
	Goose egg	*	8 m	Aug 8, 1971	Klaus Bergmann	III	7th		Little goose location
	Slab stone	**	20 m	July 3, 1885	Friedrich Hartmann	I.	32		Little goose location
	Hinterer Gansfels Hintere Kleine Gans	****	60 m	Feb 16, 1882	Carl Beck	II	45	4th	Little goose location
	Middle Goose Rock Middle Little Goose	**	15 m	Feb 16, 1882	Conrad Meurer	I, Meurerweg	12	1	Little goose location
	Vorderer Gansfels Vorderer Kleine Gans	****	70 m	Feb 16, 1882	Friedrich Hartmann	II, Hartmannweg	32		Little goose location
	Goose head Lower goose head	**	20 m	1903	Oliver Perry-Smith	III	13		Little goose location	The Oberer Ganskopf climbing summit was completely destroyed by a rock fall on April 13, 1948.
	Goose reef Northeastern goose head	**	20 m	March 10, 1906	Rudolf Kopprasch	III	19th		Little goose location
	Goose slice dead wall	**	14 m	13 Sep 1908	Serious rust	V	10		Little goose location
	Gansturm	**	30 m	Oct. 20, 1912	Alfred Loos	III	13		Little goose location
	Suleika	*	42 m	May 10, 1970	Werner Meitzner	II	15th		Raaber Kessel location
	emir	**	40 m	Feb. 29, 1920	Hans Heilmaier	IV	17th		Raaber Kessel location
	Raab Tower	***	35 m	28 Sep 1905	Rudolf Fehrmann	IV	16		Raaber Kessel location
	sheikh	*	32 m	June 14, 1958	Hans Heilmaier	II	13		Raaber Kessel location
	Dry tower	**	35 m	Apr 22, 1962	Manfred Meissner	VI	12	2	Raaber Kesselbr /> location
	Raab column	***	30 m	July 8, 1916	Emanuel Strubich	VIIb	10		Raaber Kessel location
	Raab disk	*	15 m	Apr 17, 1971	Rolf Sütterlin	V	5		Raaber Kessel location
	Raab cone	**	20 m	Apr 23, 1921	Walter Unger	V	9		Raaber Kessel location
	Backdrop	*	23 m			I.	12		Raaber Kessel location
	Raab wall	**	60 m	June 5, 1910		I.	25th	1	Raaber Kessel location
	Raab needle	**	40 m	1920	Walter Rösel	VIIa (VIIb)	7th	1	Raaber Kessel location
	owl	***	55 m	Apr 17, 1905	Rudolf Fehrmann	II	30th		Raaber Kessel location
	Hellhound disk	**	10 m	Sep 18 1916	Kurt Nitzschmann	VI	7th	1	Raaber Kessel location
	Höllenhund Höllenhundspitze, Zerberusturm	****	75 m	17 Sep 1905	Rudolf Fehrmann	V (VIIa)	37		Raaber Kessel location
	Rear Hellhound Tower Western Hellhound Pre-Tower	**	45 m	March 18, 1906	Arthur Hoyer	III	13	1	Raaber Kessel location
	Middle Hellhound Tower Middle Hellhound Advance Tower	**	45 m	March 18, 1906	Arthur Hoyer	IV	5		Raaber Kessel location
	Front hellhound tower Eastern hellhound pre-tower	**	50 m	March 18, 1906	Oliver Perry-Smith	V	15th	2	Raaber Kessel location
	Six-man tower	**	60 m	1909	Max Peschke	III	23		Raaber Kessel location
	Hellhound Guardian	**	40 m	May 1, 1921	Arno Venus	V	9	1	Raaber Kessel location
	Maitürmchen Märztürmchen	**	60 m	May 1, 1921	Willy Zenker	IV	15th	1	Raaber Kessel location
	mosquito	*	10 m	July 1, 1981	Gisbert Ludewig	III	6th		Raaber Kessel location
	Crumbs	*	10 m	June 20, 1960	Hans Joachim Scholz	IV	9	1	Raaber Kessel location
	Struppi	*	10 m	March 25, 1979	Harri Züllchner	IV	6th	1	Raaber Kessel location
	Big Goose Guardian	**	12 m	1949	Hans Peuker	VI	9		Raaber Kessel location
	Flax	*	10 m	June 20, 1960	Hans Joachim Scholz	IV	5		Raaber Kessel location
	Western Tower of Youth	**	55 m	Apr 4, 1958	Helmut Großer	IV	23	1	Raaber Kessel location
	Eastern Tower of Youth	*	50 m	March 27, 1960	Hans Joachim Scholz	III	15th		Raaber Kessel location
	Luginsland	*	65 m	Aug 15, 1960	Hans Joachim Scholz	III, mountain path	19th		Raaber Kessel location
	Dresden Tower	**	40 m	Feb 21, 1961	Hans Joachim Scholz	II	31	5	Raaber Kessel location
	Rathen control room	**	20 m	Aug 13, 1911	Georg Hessler	II	21st		Amselgrund location
	Maxl	*	35 m	May 2nd 1971	Heinz Seidel	IV	14th		Amselgrund location
	Blackbird tip	***	60 m	Apr 6, 1906	Oliver Perry-Smith	VI	18th		Amselgrund location
	Vexing needle	*	40 m	Aug 5, 1972	Horst Umlauft	V	7th		Amselgrund location
	Conundrum	***	70 m	17 Sep 1905	Oliver Perry-Smith	VI	12	1	Amselgrund location
	Blackbird pin	**	60 m	June 27, 1909	Karl head	IV	18th		Amselgrund location
	admiral	**	60 m	Nov 18, 1923	Hans Heilmaier	II	14th	1	Amselgrund location
	Klabautermann	**	60 m	Apr 14, 1962	Helmut Großer	III	10	1	Amselgrund location
	Totenkirchl	**	30 m	Aug 31, 1913	Curt Boehringer	IV	20th	1	Amselgrund location
	Amselgrund Tower	**	30 m	Oct 7, 1965	Günter Lorenz	1 / IV	14th	1	Amselgrund location
	Sweden slice	*	25 m	Dec 6, 1959	Manfred Meissner	VI	9	1	Schwedenlöcher location
	Sweden Tower	***	35 m	Apr 30, 1905	Rudolf Fehrmann	V	14th		Schwedenlöcher location
	Stork nest turban	*	9 m	Sep 24 1885	Friedrich Hartmann	III	11		Honey stones location
	Beehive diving tower	*	9 m	Apr 1, 1894	Oscar Schuster	II	10		Honey stones location
	Large ruin of the locomotive cathedral	***	20 m	9 Aug 1886	Friedrich Hartmann	III	33		Honey stones location
	Locomotive Esse Large ruin	****	30 m	June 7, 1903	Albert Kunze	V	16		Honey stones location
	lamb	*	10 m	June 1885		I.	15th		Honey stones location
	Lamb slice	*	15 m	May 5, 1912	Kurt Koehler	III	6th	1	Honey stones location
	Honey stone needle	**	13 m	Aug 21, 1910	Emil Kopprasch	III	9	1	Honey stones location
	Honey stone tower	**	13 m	Sep 24 1905	Oliver Perry-Smith	II	13	3	Honey stones location
	Honey stone	***	23 m			I.	98		Honey stones location
	beekeeper	*	12 m	July 3, 1948	Alfred Fritzsch	II	15th		Honey stones location
	May tower	**	23 m	May 3, 1901	Oscar Schuster	III	32		Honey stones location
	Honey stone slice	*	12 m			IV	15th		Honey stones location
	Honey stone head	**	12 m	before 1905		II	18th		Honey stones location
	Litho stone suction tower	*	8 m	28 Sep 1919	Rudolf Ritschel	IV	8th		Honey stones location
	Talwächter Feldstein, Jungfernstein	****	50 m	1874	Otto Ufer	III, Uferweg	44		Honey stones location
	Western field head Western field stone head	***	60 m	17 Sep 1885	Friedrich Hartmann	I.	32		Honey stones location
	Eastern field head Eastern field stone head	**	55 m	before 1905		I.	13		Honey stones location
	Turkish head	***	45 m	March 22, 1905	Johannes Klitzsch	III	18th		Honey stones location
	Field wall	**	35 m			I.	40		Honey stones location
	Gamrigwächter Gamrignadel	**	15 m	before Apr. 23, 1909		VI	13		Gamrig location
	Heidestein	**	15 m			III	39	1	Gamrig location
	Gamrig cone	**	12 m	June 14, 1910	Oscar Victor Bialla	V	11		Gamrig location
	Gamrig disc	*	9 m	June 14, 1910	Oscar Victor Bialla	III	9		Gamrig location
	Waltersdorfer Horn	**	20 m			II	44		Gamrig location
	Heidebrüderturm	**	15 m	Sep 1 1907	Johannes Klitzsch	IV	12		Gamrig location
	Goat back tower	**	13 m	Sep 20 1920	Erhard Rossberg	V	15th	1	Goat back location

literature

• Hans Pankotsch, Dietmar Heinicke: The names of our climbing peaks . Saxon Mountaineering Association, Dresden 2013

Individual evidence

1. ^ DAV-Felsinfo , accessed on January 2, 2014
2. ↑ Dietmar Heinicke (Ed.): Climbing Guide Saxon Switzerland . Berg- & Naturverlag Rölke, Dresden 1999/2003 (6 volumes); Affensteine, Kleiner Zschand . 2002, ISBN 3-934514-05-7 ; Bielatal, Ore Mountains border area . 2000, ISBN 3-934514-02-2 ; Field of stones . 2001, ISBN 3-934514-03-0 ; Großer Zschand, Wildensteiner area, Hinterhermsdorfer area . 2001, ISBN 3-934514-04-9 ; Schrammsteine, Schmilka area . 1999, ISBN 3-934514-01-4 ; Wehlener area, Rathener area, fire area . 2003, ISBN 3-934514-06-5 .