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The Valtenberg
The Valtenberg is with a height of 587m the highest mountain of the Oberlausitz Highlands.
image author: Stadt Bischofswerda
In 515m is the spring of the Wesenitz situated, which joins near Pirna the Elbe. Here in close proximity is also the entrance to the former Goldberg mine. Above the tunnel entrance one can read the inscription "Valentin-Erb-Stollen 1752-1755". The gold digger time at the Valtenberg lasted nearly 500 years, but the yield was meagre.
Valtenberg Tower 1913
image author: Ansichtskarte 1916 (Autor unbekannt)
On the Valtenberg is a 22m high viewing tower situated from where one has a great panorama over Neukirch, the Hohwald area, the Oberlausitz Highlands all the way to the hills of the Saxon Switzerland.
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Daniela Heyne
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