デミッツ・トゥーミッツの山小屋＆キャビン・トップ20

At 587 meters, the Valtenberg is the highest mountain in the Lusatian Mountains. The proud tower alone is worth a visit. An event operator was recruited for the restaurant in 2025 – who may also continue to run the mountain lodge as a tenant.

The Butterberg is almost 384 meters high and is located just a few kilometers from the center of Bischofswerda. At the summit there is an inn in historic walls with a 21 meter high observation tower. You can find more information and opening times here: http://www.butterberg.com/.

Unfortunately the inn is closed. There are currently no opening hours (summer 2024).

The food here is super good, friendly staff. We slept in the bungalows, excellent houses. Dogs allowed.

In the years 1954-1959 a directional radio station was operated here in the directional radio network of the SED. It was the connecting point between Cottbus and Dresden. The mast was 50m high

Summit of the Valtenberg and at 586.6 m the highest point in the Lusatian mountains. Directly behind the König-Johann-Turm with its cottage.

As a child, I first went to Picho with my parents in 1968. It was a two-week holiday, right during the Prague Spring, but we couldn't take our planned day trip to Czechoslovakia because the borders were closed, and countless tanks and East German soldiers blocked the way. From 1970 to 1974, I spent three weeks each year at the children's holiday camp on Picho. It was a truly wonderful time. Night hikes, scavenger hunts, and day trips to the surrounding area, including into Czechoslovakia. My parents paid a mere 15 East German marks for it. For many years now, I've been going to Upper Lusatia regularly. Every time, I hike or drive up to the Großer Picho, and we always visit the restaurant in the mountain lodge. We always find it familiar, cozy, and reasonably priced, with good home-style cooking. In these hectic, fast-paced times, it's like a rock in the surf of the restaurant scene. Wishing the innkeepers continued success, many guests, plenty of money to cover their energy bills, and robust health. Lunzenau, March 26, 2023

The history of today's "Picho-Baude" begins in 1927, when Bernhard Eiselt from Tautewalde built the present-day Pichobaude on the summit. After its construction, Bernhard Eiselt purchased the land from the estate owner Hanewald. Since then, the mountain inn has enjoyed great popularity. The inn was expanded in 1929 with an addition: a brick kitchen, a veranda, and a second dining room. After Bernhard Eiselt's death in March 1938, Carl Radon and his wife Emma took over the inn. The Pichobaude mountain inn then took on its current form. Carl Radon ran the inn until 1945. After several proprietors until 1964, Otfried Grundmann took over as proprietor of the Pichobaude in 1965. He remained behind the bar until his death in 2003. Today, the Pichobaude is run by the second generation, his daughter Annette Grundmann.