Pfaffenberg (Großschönau)
| Pfaffenberg | ||
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| height | 418 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Free State of Saxony , Germany | |
| Mountains | Lusatian highlands | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 55 '3 " N , 14 ° 39' 30" E | |
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| rock | Phonolite | |
The Pfaffenberg is a 418 meter high elevation in the eastern Lusatian mountains in the Free State of Saxony . It is located on State Road 135 between Großschönau and Spitzkunnersdorf . To the west of the mountain lies the Czech town of Varnsdorf and to the east of the Hofebusch .
The mountain was formed when phonolite pierced the Seifhennersdorf basalt cover in the Tertiary . Today, its top is almost completely covered by mixed forest.
literature
- The south-eastern Upper Lusatia with Zittau and the Zittau Mountains (= values of the German homeland . Volume 16). 2nd Edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1971, p. 107.