The Bergkopf is an 857 metre high, thickly forested mountain in the

Sparneck Sparneck is a municipality in Upper Franconia in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany. Location The market town of Sparneck lies at an average height of in the Pfarrbach valley, which forms the larger part of the area. The Saxon Saale r ...

Forest in Germany's

Fichtel Mountains The Fichtel MountainsRandlesome, C. et al. (2011). ''Business Cultures in Europe'', 2nd ed., Routledge, Abingdon and New York, p. 52. . (german: Fichtelgebirge, cs, Smrčiny), form a small horseshoe-shaped mountain range in northeastern Bavaria ...

. It lies in the northern chain of the Fichtel Mountain Horseshoe, near the crest of the

Großer Waldstein The Großer Waldstein is part of the Waldstein range in the Fichtel Mountains of Germany. It is known primarily for its rock formations caused by spheroidal weathering, its ruined castles and the only remaining bear trap (''Bärenfang' ...

. On its northern slopes is the

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...

rock formation A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term ''rock formation'' can also refer to specific sediment ...

of Kleiner Waldstein (), and, further north towards Sparneck, the source of the Förmitz river. To the northeast lies the granite mountain of Hoher Stein () and, on its slopes, is the source of the Lamitz. To the southwest towards

Weißenstadt Weißenstadt is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the picturesque Weißenstadter See (Weissenstadt Lake), in the Fichtelgebirge Mountains, on the river Eger, 11 km nort ...

, a monument commemorates the forester, Johann Braun, who died at that spot on 12 July 1881.

Literature

* Dietmar Herrmann: ''Lexikon Fichtelgebirge - Bayerisches Vorgtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land''. Ackermann Verlag. Hof, 2000. . p.61.

External links

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Entry
on the webpage of the

Fichtelgebirge Club The Fichtelgebirge Club (german: Fichtelgebirgsverein or ''FGV'') is a large walking club and local heritage society in Bavaria and recognised conservation group with 20,000 members in 55 local groups. As the name says, its main sphere of activit ...

Lakes and rivers on the FGV site
Mountains of the Fichtelgebirge Mountains under 1000 metres