The name Ochsenkopf does not appear in old descriptions of the mountains. The first person to describe the Fichtelgebirge, Matthias von Kemnath (actually Matthias Widmann, born February 23, 1429 in Kemnath), reported in 1476: "A bergk, hoch, weitt, wolbekant ligt in Beiern, gnant der Fichtelberg". In the border descriptions in 1499 and 1536 the mountain was called "Vichtelberg", the name already designating the entire mountain range. Around 1317 the Lords of Hirschberg received the "walt zu dem Vythenberge" as a fief. As early as the 14th century, iron was found in the “St. Veith "won at the southern foot of the Ochsenkopfes (Vyth → Veit → Fichtel). Homeland and name researchers have not yet spoken the last word on this. The name Ochsenkopf appears in mining files for the first time in 1495, when Lorenz von Ploben from Nuremberg received the mine on the Fichtelberge "near the Ochsenkopf" as a fief. This should be a reference to the bull's head carved into a rock on the mountain top, which can still be seen.

Source and further information
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochsenkopf_(Fichtelgebirge)

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May 10, 2021

Nice view of the Ochsenkopf.

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