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List of mountains and hills of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains information


This list of mountains and hills in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains contains a selection of the highest mountains, hills and crags in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains that straddle the German-Czech border.

The key to abbreviations in the table is given below.

Mountain, hill, crag
(German name)
Height
m above sea level)
Area
(Location in the NP or PLA)
Location
(municipality)
Notes File
Děčínský Sněžník 723.5 Labské pískovce PLA Jílové highest mountain in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains;
observation tower and mountain inn
Děčínský Sněžník seen from Děčín
Nad Stěnami 622.8 Labské pískovce PLA Jílové Nad Stěnami (right)
Růžovský vrch 619.1 Bohemian Switzerland NP Růžová highest mountain in Bohemian Switzerland NP; used to have an observation tower Růžovský vrch seen from the Noldenberg
Großer Zschirnstein 560.3 Saxon Switzerland Kleingießhübel highest elevation in German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains; viewing point Zschirnsteine: Großer Zschirnstein (right), Kleiner Zschirnstein (left)
Großer Winterberg 556.0 Saxon Switzerland NP Schmilka highest elevation in Saxon Switzerland NP;
observation tower and hilltop hotel
Großer Winterberg with Schrammsteine in front, seen from Bad Schandau
Holý vrch 528.1 Labské pískovce PLA Jílové
Kleiner Winterberg 499.9 Saxon Switzerland NP Schmilka with Winterbergpavillon hunting lodge
and Wappenstein;
viewing point
Kleiner Winterberg and Winterstein seen from the Teichstein
Großes Horn 495.8 Saxon Switzerland Bad Gottleuba
Okrouhlík 494,0 Labské pískovce PLA Děčín
Jedlina 490,0 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice
Sokolí vrch (Limberk) 486.6 Bohemian Switzerland NP Doubice
Bor 486.5 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice
Rudolfův kámen 484,0 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice viewing point Rudolfův kámen
Suchý vrch 481,0 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice
Auerhahnsteig 480.3 Saxon Switzerland NP Schmilka
Hřebec 477.8 Bohemian Switzerland NP Doubice
Mlýny 475.3 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice
Kleiner Zschirnstein 472.7 Saxon Switzerland Kleingießhübel viewing point Zschirnsteine: Kleiner Zschirnstein (left), Großer Zschirnstein (right)
Oltářní kámen 469.5 Bohemian Switzerland NP Hřensko
Strážiště 469.2 Labské pískovce PLA Janská
Mrchoviště 466.8 Labské pískovce PLA Děčín
Smrkový kopec 463,0 Bohemian Switzerland NP Hřensko
Studený roh 461,0 Bohemian Switzerland NP Hřensko
Raumberg 459.3 Saxon Switzerland NP Hinterhermsdorf Ruins of a survey tower
Stříbrné stěny 459.2 Bohemian Switzerland NP Hřensko
Bouřňák 457.3 Bohemian Switzerland NP Hřensko
Křídelní stěna 455.5 Bohemian Switzerland NP Hřensko Křídelní stěna
Hrad 453,0 Bohemian Switzerland NP Doubice
Koliště 452.7 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice
Papststein 451.2 Saxon Switzerland Gohrisch Hilltop inn and fire brigade watchtower;
viewing point
Papststein
Koliště 449.5 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice
Gohrisch 447.8 Saxon Switzerland Gohrisch viewing point Gohrisch seen from Papststein
Vilemínina stěna 439.0 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice viewing point View from the Wilhelminenwand
Děčínský les 438,0 Labské pískovce PLA Děčín
Pfaffenstein 434.6 Saxon Switzerland Königstein observation tower and hilltop inn
(incl. part of the Museum for Mineralogy and Geology, Dresden)
Pfaffenstein
Mariina skála 428,0 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice observation and refuge hut refuge hut on the Marienfels
Vilemínina skála 422,0 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice
Kleines Pohlshorn 417.2 Saxon Switzerland NP Hinterhermsdorf
Hoher Torstein 425.0 Saxon Switzerland NP Bad Schandau viewing point The Schrammsteine seen from Reinhardtsdorf
Lilienstein 415.2 Saxon Switzerland NP Prossen Hilltop inn and Wettin obelisk Lilienstein at dusk
Waitzdorfer Höhe 413.7 Saxon Switzerland NP Waitzdorf
Teichstein 412.5 Saxon Switzerland NP Ottendorf
Křížový vrch 407.6 Bohemian Switzerland NP Jetřichovice
Pastevní vrch (Hutberk) 402.2 Labské pískovce PLA Růžová

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