Zschirnsteine

on the left the Große Zschirnstein, on the right the Kleine Zschirnstein with Děčínský Sněžník over the Elbe from the ridge path

The Zschirnsteine ​​from the slope of the Großer Winterberg (Kipphorn view), on the left the Große, on the right the Kleine Zschirnstein, in the foreground the Zirkelstein

The Zschirnsteine are two striking table mountains in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains . They are in the corridor of Reinhardtsdorf , municipality of Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna , in the district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains . You are in the Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna district of Kleingießhübel , about 7 km south of Bad Schandau in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, west of the Elbe , not far north of the Czech border.

The 561 m high Großer Zschirnstein is the highest mountain in Saxon Switzerland .

The Kleine Zschirnstein is also a sandstone table mountain. It is 473 m high and is located north of the Großer Zschirnstein.

Both table mountains are in the forest and can be climbed on foot. They offer wide views of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and beyond.

literature

• Between Sebnitz, Hinterhermsdorf and the Zschirnsteinen (= values ​​of the German homeland . Volume 2). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1959.

Web links

Commons : Zschirnsteine  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Rübezahl on the great Zschirnstein (legend)  - sources and full texts

Coordinates: 50 ° 51 ′ 53.5 "  N , 14 ° 10 ′ 15.3"  E