The Bärensteine is a massif in the state of

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

in eastern

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near Weißig. It comprises the two rock formations known as the Großer and

Kleiner Bärenstein The Kleiner Bärenstein (English: Little Bear Rock) is a high table hill in the German region of Saxon Switzerland in the Free State of Saxony. Close by is the Großer Bärenstein which, together with the Kleiner Bärenstein, forms the massif of ...

(the "Great" and "Little Bear Rock") in Saxon Switzerland. The Kleiner Bärenstein has a height of . The more prominent Großer Bärenstein is actually the lower of the two with a height of . On the Kleiner Bärenstein there used to be a panorama restaurant that belonged to the manor house at Thürmsdorf. It was plundered in the years following the

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and demolished.Peter Rölke: ''Stiegen-Wanderführer Sächsische Schweiz'', Berg- & Naturverlag Rölke, 2012, , pp.54-60

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barensteine Mountains of Saxon Switzerland Rock formations of Saxon Switzerland

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