The Dreitannenriegel is a mountain, , in the

Bavarian Forest The village of Zell in the Bavarian Forest The Bavarian Forest (German: ' or ''Bayerwald''; bar, Boarischa Woid) is a wooded, low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany that is about 100 kilometres long. It runs along the Czech border and is con ...

. The mountain rises from the crest of the Anterior Bavarian Forest high above the Lower Bavarian county town of

Deggendorf Deggendorf () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Deggendorf district. It is located on the left bank approximately in the middle between the Danube cities of Regensburg and Passau. The Danube forms the town's natural border towards th ...

and lies in the municipality of

Grafling Grafling is a municipality in the district of Deggendorf in Bavaria in Germany. Geography Grafling lies in the Danube Forest Planning Region (''Planungsregion Donau-Wald''). Its lowest point is in Großtiefenbach at 326 m above sea level ...

. Nearby mountains are the Breitenauriegel, the Geißkopf and the Einödriegel. At the summit is a large

summit cross A summit cross (german: Gipfelkreuz) is a cross on the summit of a mountain or hill that marks the top. Often there will be a summit register (''Gipfelbuch'') at the cross, either in a container or at least a weatherproof case. Various other form ...

and a display board, that explains the

panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ...

which extends over large parts of

Lower Bavaria Lower Bavaria (german: Niederbayern, Bavarian: ''Niedabayern'') is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. Geography Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions () – Landshut and Donau-W ...

. On clear autumn days in

föhn A Foehn or Föhn (, , ), is a type of dry, relatively warm, downslope wind that occurs in the leeward, lee (downwind side) of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped m ...

conditions the

Bavarian Alps The Bavarian Alps (german: Bayerische Alpen) is a collective name for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps within the German state of Bavaria. Geography The term in its wider sense refers to that part of the Eastern Alps that ...

may also be visible. Several footpaths lead to the Dreitannenriegel from

Gotteszell Gotteszell is a municipality in the district of Regen in Bavaria in Germany. See also *Gotteszell–Blaibach railway The Gotteszell–Blaibach railway is a railway line in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany that runs from Gotteszell in Lo ...

, Habischried, Bischofsmais and Rusel. One of the steepest ascents in the Anterior Bavarian Forest runs along Path 3 from Mietraching in

up through the Sauloch to Rohrmünz (c. 45 minutes) and from there almost directly up the

fall line A fall line (or fall zone) is the area where an upland region and a coastal plain meet and is typically prominent where rivers cross it, with resulting rapids or waterfalls. The uplands are relatively hard crystalline basement rock, and the coa ...

to the top. This section should only be attempted with suitable footwear as, especially in the area of the summit, smooth rock faces have to be negotiated. The summit and a large proportion of the mountainsides are part of the

Special Area of Conservation A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Union's Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the ''Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora''. They are to protect the 220 habitats and ap ...

called the ''Deggendorfer Vorwald''.http://www.protectedplanet.net
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