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Fichtelberg Summit Cross

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Fichtelberg Summit Cross

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    1. View of Oberwiesenthal – Fichtelberg loop from Kurort Oberwiesenthal

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    July 11, 2025

    The Fichtelberg is the second-highest peak in the Ore Mountains, after Klínovec (Keilberg, 1244 meters), just four kilometers away. At 1215 meters, it is the highest mountain in Saxony and was also the highest mountain in the GDR. A new summit cross has stood on the summit plateau since May 29, 2024. Erik Schulze, the deputy mayor of Oberwiesenthal, had promised to find a replacement for the old, already rather dilapidated cross that was swept away by hurricane "Fred" on November 5, 2023, with a gust of 106.6 kilometers per hour. He made the new summit cross himself from spruce wood. The crossbeam bears the words "1215 m" and "FICHTELBERG." The inscription on the old cross read "1215 ü M Fichtelberg" on the horizontal bar, and "Glück Auf Sachsen" on the vertical bar.

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      April 4, 2025

      Fantastic view ⛰️✝️

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        May 25, 2025

        A magical mountain right on the border and the highest point in the Ore Mountains.

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          Location: Oberwiesenthal, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

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