Großer Kranichsee
Großer Kranichsee is a nature reserve in the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany. It includes the smaller part of the eponymous bog, which is one of the most important raised bogs in the Ore Mountains.Photo: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Schneehübel and Dreibächel.
Schneehübel
Peak
Photo: Straktur, Public domain.
Schneehübel is a mountain within the western part of the Ore Mountains in Saxony, Germany. Concurrently, the Schneehübel is the highest mountain of the Vogtland region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Přebuz and Rolava.
Přebuz
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Přebuz is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It is the smallest town in the Czech Republic by population, which was 70 inhabitants as of 2025. Before World War II, it was a mining town with 3,000 inhabitants.
Großer Kranichsee
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: nature reserve in Germany
- Categories: Naturschutzgebiet and recreation area
- Location: Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.4176° or 50° 25′ 3″ northLongitude
12.5878° or 12° 35′ 16″ eastOpen location code
9F2JCH9Q+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 1513442182OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q879323
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Großer Kranichsee” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Краничсе”
- Dutch: “Großer Kranichsee”
- French: “Großer Kranichsee”
- German: “Grosser Kranichsee”
- German: “Großer Kranichsee”
- German: “Naturschutzgebiet Großer Kranichsee”
- German: “NSG Großer Kranichsee”
- Spanish: “Großer Kranichsee”
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