Straßberg

The Straßberg rises 538 metres above sea level in the eastern Zittauer Gebirge, its slopes covered in dense forest. The summit itself is crowned by a sandstone tor that offers no view, but the northern and eastern flanks are studded with larger crags and groups of rocks. These crags form one of the three main climbing areas in the range, with the Fuchskanzel developed as a viewpoint.

The Fuchskanzel lies 200 metres north-east of the summit and is reached by a steel bridge. A triangulation pillar erected in 1864 stands on the rock. From its platform visitors look north and north-east across the Zittauer Becken to towns such as Zittau and Hrádek nad Nisou, the villages of Hartau and Loučná, and the Turów open-cast mine and power station. To the east the eye follows the Weißbachtal up to the Hahnberg, Lindenberg and Pfaffenstein ridges.

On the lower slopes the Karlsfried ruins lie beneath the Heideturm, and a path leads from there to the Mühlsteinberg or down the Kieferngrund into the Weißbachtal. Higher up the Nördlicher and Südlicher Uhustein towers rise about twenty metres, joined by the Thielknopf and the Sächsische and Böhmische Dianawand. The Mönchsfelsen and Straßbergturm appear on the eastern face, while the southern foot of the hill is marked by the Böhmische Tor, Grenzkogel and Grüner Hund.