The 880-metre-high Fürberg is one of the smaller mountains in the
Danube Hills
The Anterior Bavarian Forest (german: Vorderer Bayerischer Wald), also variously called the Vorderer Forest, Vorderer Wald or Danube Hills, is part of the Bavarian Forest, a low mountain range in Germany.
Name
In older geographical-regional lit ...
, the lower part of the
Bavarian Forest. It rises in the municipality of
Kirchberg im Wald
Kirchberg im Wald is a municipality in the district of Regen, in Bavaria, Germany
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.
At the summit is the Plattenstein, an interesting rock formation with a
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 view southwards to the higher
Brotjacklriegel
Seen from the River Danube, the Brotjacklriegel is the first high mountain in the Bavarian Forest. It is and lies in the county of Freyung-Grafenau in the German federal state of Bavaria. It is a symbol of the Sonnenwald region which comprises t ...
. A little further below is the Fürberg Chapel, which can be reached by walking along a
way of the cross
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The stations grew out of imitati ...
from Untermitterdorf. The Fürberg can be climbed on various footpaths in a short time from the small villages of Raindorf,
Untermitterdorf or Berneck.
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Mountains under 1000 metres
Mountains of Bavaria
Mountains of the Bavarian Forest
Regen (district)