Rotstein
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51°06′N 14°46′E / 51.100°N 14.767°E
Elevation454.8 m (1,492 ft)
| Rotstein | |
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 View of Rotstein from Sohland | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 454.8 m (1,492 ft) |
| Coordinates | 51°06′N 14°46′E / 51.100°N 14.767°E |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Görlitz, Saxony, Germany |
Rotstein (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːtˌʃtaɪn]; Upper Sorbian: Hrodźišćo, meaning "hillfort" or "sconce") is a mountain ridge and its highest mountain in Görlitz district, Saxony, southeastern Germany, east of Löbau. Furthermore, it is the highest mountain in Eastern Upper Lusatia.[1]
Within the structure of Natural regions of Saxony, the Rotstein Ridge forms its own microgeochore within the mesoheochore "Reichenbacher Lösshügelland" (11012) and the macrogeochore Eastern Upper Lusatia (11).[2]
There are remains of a late Slavic-early German fortification built as a double wall on the southeastern crest of the Rotstein, hence its Upper Sorbian name.[3]
