The Katzenstein is a 627-metre-high (2,057 ft) mountain in Saxony, southeastern Germany.

At the summit oof 627 metres stands a Royal Saxon triangulation stone that traces its origins back to the 15th century.

[1] The mountain was host to the Katzenstein transmitter, a very high frequency radio transmitter that was important to the GDR.

Constructed in 1955, after broadcasting radio and television signals for almost 20 years it was dismantled in 1973.

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