The Rauenstein is a
table hill
A table or tableland is a butte, flank of a mountain, or mountain, that has a flat top.
This kind of landform has numerous names, including:
* Butte
* Mesa
*
* Potrero
* Tepui
* Terrace
* Tuya
A tuya is a flat-topped, steep-sided vol ...
in
Saxon Switzerland in Germany. It rises west of the Elbe inside the Elbe loop near
Rathen. It has a height of and drops steeply to the north into the Elbe valley. It has a deeply incised structure and is about long and wide. It thus rises almost over the surrounding area. The Rauenstein is almost completely wooded, but has several dominant sandstone rock faces. The sandstone here is very soft and heavily weathered.
Location and area
On the eastern side is the village of Weißig in the borough of
Struppen
Struppen is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.
References
Populated places in Saxon Switzerland
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. On the north and east side there are various climbing towers, the best known being the ''
Nonne
The Nonne (also ''Nonnenstein'') is a roughly 18-metre-high, isolated, standing sandstone rock and climbing peak in Saxon Switzerland in Germany. The rock is located southeast of Rathen, east of the rock chain of Rauenstein.
In the Middle Ages t ...
'' or ''Nonnenstein'', that is situated 200 metres from the eastern side of the Rauenstein. The rock was the site of a
medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...
watchtower (''Burgwarte'').
At the southeastern end of the Rauenstein is a hill restaurant that has been there since 1893. Before that, from 1886 to 1893, drinks were sold in the Kapp Cave (''Kapphöhle''), also the Kappmeyer or Kamm Cave, on the summit plateau. One year earlier the touristic development of the Rauenstein had been started by the Dresden Branch of the Mountain Club.
Views
From the viewing point at the hill restaurant there is a panoramic view of
Lilienstein
Lilienstein is a highly distinctive mountain in Saxon Switzerland, in Saxony, southeastern Germany, and was once the site of a Bohemian castle. It is one of the few table mountains on the east of the river Elbe and constitutes the symbol of the S ...
and the village of
Weißig.
Gallery
File:Rauenstein-schild.jpg, Plaque on the construction of the Rauenstein trail
File:Blick vom Rauenstein.jpg, View from the Rauenstein (hill restaurant) towards Lilienstein
File:Rauenstein.jpg, The Rauenstein seen from Weißig
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Mountains of Saxon Switzerland
Rock formations of Saxon Switzerland
Rathen
Hills of Saxony