Rauenstein
The Rauenstein is a table hill in Saxon Switzerland in Germany. It rises west of the Elbe inside the Elbe loop near Rathen. It has a height of 304 metres and drops steeply to the north into the Elbe valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Nonne and Bastei.
Nonne
Peak
Photo: Unukorno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nonne is a roughly 18-metre-high, isolated, standing sandstone rock and climbing peak in Saxon Switzerland in Germany. The rock is located southeast of Rathen, east of the rock chain of Rauenstein.
Bastei
Peak
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bastei is a rock formation rising 194 metres above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. Reaching a height of 305 metres above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over one million years ago.
Großer Bärenstein
Peak
Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Großer Bärenstein is a 327 metres high table hill in the German region of Saxon Switzerland in the Free State of Saxony. Close by is the Kleiner Bärenstein which, together with the Großer Bärenstein, forms the massif known as the Bärensteine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rathen and Pötzscha.
Rathen
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rathen is a spa town in Saxon Switzerland, Germany. It is close to the Bastei, the most famous rock formation and spectacular viewpoint in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
Stadt Wehlen
Town
Photo: Bautsch, Copyrighted free use.
Stadt Wehlen is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western edge of Saxon Switzerland, on the right bank of the Elbe, 6 km east of Pirna, and 23 km southeast of Dresden.
Rauenstein
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 304 metres
- Description: mountain in Saxony
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Struppen, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.95191° or 50° 57′ 7″ northLongitude
14.06222° or 14° 3′ 44″ eastElevation
304 metres (997 feet)Open location code
9F2PX326+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 393447075OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Rauenstein” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rauenstein”
- Czech: “Rauenstein”
- Dutch: “Rauenstein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل راوينستين”
- Esperanto: “Rauenstein”
- French: “Rauenstein”
- German: “Rauenstein”
- Ladin: “Rauenstein”
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Highlights include Kapphöhle and Rauenstein Übungsstelle B.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rauenstein”. Photo: Alma, CC BY-SA 3.0.