Großer Rachel
The Großer Rachel or Great Rachel is a mountain, 1,452 m above sea level; it is the second highest summit in the Bavarian Forest and Bohemian Forest after the Großer Arber and the highest mountain in the Bavarian Forest National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kleiner Rachel and Rachelsee.
Kleiner Rachel
Peak
The Kleiner Rachel is a mountain in the Bavarian Forest range in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Bavarian Forest National Park, about 1.8 km west of the Czech-German border.
Rachelsee
Lake
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Rachelsee is a lake located in the Bavarian Forest, Bavaria, Germany. It lies at an elevation of 1071 metres and has a surface area of 5.7 hectares.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bavarian Forest National Park and Althütte.
Bavarian Forest National Park
Photo: Rosa-Maria Rinkl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bavarian Forest or Bayerischer Wald is a mountainous region on the German-Czech border in Bavaria.
Buchenau
Village
Photo: Konrad Lackerbeck, CC BY 3.0.
Buchenau is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of Großer Rachel.
Großer Rachel
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,453 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Frauenau, Regen, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.97854° or 48° 58′ 43″ northLongitude
13.38897° or 13° 23′ 20″ eastElevation
1,453 metres (4,767 feet)Open location code
8FWMX9HQ+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 96405646OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Slovenian—“Großer Rachel” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Groußa Rachl”
- Cebuano: “Grosser Rachel”
- Chinese: “大拉謝爾山”
- Czech: “Grosser Rachel”
- Czech: “Großer Rachel”
- Czech: “Kleiner Rachel”
- Czech: “Roklan”
- Czech: “Velký Roklan”
- Dutch: “Großer Rachel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جروسير راتشيل”
- Esperanto: “Roklano”
- French: “Großer Rachel”
- German: “Grosser Rachel”
- German: “Großer Rachel”
- Ladin: “Großer Rachel”
- Slovenian: “Großer Rachel”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rachelwiese and Seeblick.
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