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Schatzenstein
Schatzenstein seen from Grünhain
Highest point
Elevation760.4 m (2,495 ft)
Coordinates50°35′31″N 12°50′36″E / 50.59194°N 12.84333°E / 50.59194; 12.84333
Geography
Schatzenstein is located in Saxony
Schatzenstein
Schatzenstein

Schatzenstein is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany. It is located northwest of Elterlein at the municipal boundary to Zwönitz and Grünhain-Beierfeld on a local watershed which divides the drainage basins of Zwönitz river and Schwarzwasser. Several phyllite cliffs of up to 10 m height are exposed in the vicinity of the mountain.

Triangulation marker and commemorative plaque on Schatzenstein summit

A marker of the Royal Saxon triangulation campaign of 1862 to 1890 stands on the summit of Schatzenstein. Beneath it, a commemorative plaque for the forester and poet Max Schreyer is mounted to the rock.