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Pfaffenstein

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The Pfaffenstein, formerly called the Jungfernstein, is a table hill, at www.bergverlag-roelke.de. [1]

49 relations: Anhalt-Dessau, Barbarine, Bilberry, Bronze Age, Brothers Grimm, Climbing area, Climbing peak, Děčínský Sněžník, Die Fledermaus, Elbe, Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Fuchs, Germany, Gohrisch (hill), Grade (climbing), Humus, Königstein, Saxony, Legend, Lusatian culture, Lusatian Fault, Napoleon, Naturschutzgebiet, Observation tower, Oliver Perry-Smith, Papststein, Pinnacle (geology), Pirna, Podzol, Quirl, Rübezahl, Robert E. Howard, Rock climbing, Ropeway conveyor, Rudolf Fehrmann, Sandstone, Saxon Switzerland, Saxon Switzerland climbing region, Saxony, Scenic viewpoint, Schluff, Special Area of Conservation, Stagnosol, Stone Age, Table (landform), Turon, War of the Sixth Coalition, Zschirnsteine.

Anhalt-Dessau

Anhalt-Dessau was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and later a duchy of the German Confederation.

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Barbarine

The Barbarine is the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

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Bilberry

Bilberries are any of several primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, nearly black berries.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm (die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, were German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century.

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Climbing area

A climbing area is a small geographical region with a concentration of opportunities for climbing.

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Climbing peak

A climbing peak (Klettergipfel) may refer to a mountain or hill peak or a rock formation that has to be ascended by climbing.

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Děčínský Sněžník

The Děčínský Sněžník (Hoher Schneeberg) is a mountain in the Czech Republic and, at above sea level, the highest peak in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

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Die Fledermaus

(The Flittermouse or The Bat, sometimes called The Revenge of the Bat) is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by and Richard Genée.

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Elbe

The Elbe (Elbe; Low German: Elv) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.

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Elbe Sandstone Mountains

The Elbe Sandstone Mountains, also called the Elbe sandstone highlands (Elbsandsteingebirge; Labské pískovce) is a mountain range straddling the border between the state of Saxony in southeastern Germany and the North Bohemian region of the Czech Republic, with about three-quarters of the area lying on the German side.

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Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) is the German government’s scientific authority with responsibility for national and international nature conservation.

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Frederick Augustus III of Saxony

Frederick Augustus III (Friedrich August III.; 25 May 1865 in Dresden – 18 February 1932 in Sibyllenort) was the last King of Saxony (1904–1918) and a member of the House of Wettin.

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Fuchs

Fuchs is German for Fox and may refer to.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gohrisch (hill)

The Gohrisch (wrongly also called the Gohrischstein, 440 m) is a table hill in the German region of Saxon Switzerland, left of the River Elbe in Saxony.

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Grade (climbing)

In rock climbing, mountaineering, and other climbing disciplines, climbers give a grade to a climbing route or boulder problem, intended to describe concisely the difficulty and danger of climbing it.

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Humus

In soil science, humus (derived in 1790–1800 from the Latin humus for earth, ground) denominates the fraction of soil organic matter that is amorphous and without the "cellular cake structure characteristic of plants, micro-organisms or animals." Humus significantly affects the bulk density of soil and contributes to its retention of moisture and nutrients.

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Königstein, Saxony

Königstein is a town in the Free State of Saxony in Germany.

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Legend

Legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions perceived or believed both by teller and listeners to have taken place within human history.

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Lusatian culture

The Lusatian culture existed in the later Bronze Age and early Iron Age (1300 BC – 500 BC) in most of today's Poland and parts of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, eastern Germany, and western Ukraine.

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Lusatian Fault

The Lusatian Fault (Lausitzer Verwerfung), formerly Lusatian Overthrust (Lausitzer Überschiebung), is the most important geological disturbance zone between the Elbe valley and the Giant Mountains.

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Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Naturschutzgebiet

A Naturschutzgebiet (abbreviated NSG) is a category of protected area (nature reserve) within Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (the Bundesnaturschutzgesetz or BNatSchG).

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Observation tower

An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision for conduct the long distance observations.

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Oliver Perry-Smith

Oliver Perry-Smith (October 11, 1884 in Philadelphia – 13 May 1969) was an American rock climber, mountaineer and skier who moved to Dresden in 1902 to attend a technical university.

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Papststein

Papststein is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.

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Pinnacle (geology)

A pinnacle, tower, spire, needle or natural tower (Felsnadel, Felsturm or Felszinne) in geology is an individual column of rock, isolated from other rocks or groups of rocks, in the shape of a vertical shaft or spire.

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Pirna

Pirna (Pěrno) is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.

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Podzol

In soil science, Podzols (known as Spodosols in China and the United States of America and Podosols in Australia) are the typical soils of coniferous, or boreal forests.

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Quirl

The Quirl is a low table hill, 349 metres high, in Saxon Switzerland, west of the River Elbe.

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Rübezahl

Guardian Rübezahl (Liczyrzepa, Duch Gór, Karkonosz, Rzepiór, or Rzepolicz; Krkonoš or Krakonoš) is a folklore mountain spirit (woodwose) of the Krkonoše Mountains (Giant Mountains, Riesengebirge, Karkonosze), a mountain range along the border between the historical lands of Bohemia and Silesia.

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Robert E. Howard

Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls.

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Ropeway conveyor

A ropeway conveyor or material ropeway is essentially a subtype of gondola lift, from which containers for goods rather than passenger cars are suspended.

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Rudolf Fehrmann

Rudolf Fehrmann (22 June 1886 – 1947), a German, was a pioneer rock climber at Elbsandsteingebirge near Dresden.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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Saxon Switzerland

Saxon Switzerland (Sächsische Schweiz) is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany.

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Saxon Switzerland climbing region

Saxon Switzerland (Sächsische Schweiz) is one of the best-known climbing regions in Germany.

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Saxony

The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen; Swobodny stat Sakska) is a landlocked federal state of Germany, bordering the federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland (Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships) and the Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary, Liberec, and Ústí nad Labem Regions).

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Scenic viewpoint

A scenic viewpoint – also called an observation point, viewpoint, viewing point, vista point, lookout, scenic overlook,These terms are more commonly used in North America.

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Schluff

Schluff is Krefeld's historic steam locomotive and one of the oldest private railways in Germany.

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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.

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Stagnosol

A stagnosol in the FAO World Reference Base for Soil Resources is soil with strong mottling of the soil profile due to redox processes caused by stagnating surface water.

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Stone Age

The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.

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Table (landform)

A table is a butte, flank of a mountain, or mountain, that has a flat top.

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Turon

Turon may refer to.

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War of the Sixth Coalition

In the War of the Sixth Coalition (March 1813 – May 1814), sometimes known in Germany as the War of Liberation, a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and a number of German states finally defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba.

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Zschirnsteine

The Zschirnsteine are two prominent table hills near Kleingießhübel in the municipality of Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, about 7 km south of the German resort of Bad Schandau in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfaffenstein

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