Hoher Stein (Fichtel Mountains)

The Hoher Stein rocks are about 25 metres high, their highest point having an elevation of 817 m above NHN.

The Hoher Stein lies west of the town of Kirchenlamitz and northeast of the Großer Waldstein mountain in the forest district of Hallersteiner Forst Süd.

Although the Hoher Stein is not far from another rock formation, the Kleiner Waldstein, they are only linked by circuitous routes.

Today the rocks lie on the border between the Upper Franconian counties of Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge and Hof.

In former times the political boundary between the districts of Sechsämterland and Landsmannschaft Hof ran here, something that goes back to the Landbuch der Sechsämter document of 1499 (see also Brandenburg-Kulmbach).

The Hoher Stein rock formation at the northeastern foot of the Bergkopf
Close up view of the rocks and the ascent