The Kleiner Bärenstein (English: Little Bear Rock) is a 338 metres (1,109 feet) high table hill in the German region of Saxon Switzerland in the Free State of Saxony.

In the 19th century the district forester (Revierförster), Wilhelm Mahn, made the Bärenstein accessible to hikers.

At the southwestern foot of the Kleiner Bärenstein there is a small collapse cave, caused by a rockfall and erosion, that is known locally as the Thieves' Cellar (Diebskeller).

Wilhelm Leberecht Götzinger, who grew up in nearby Struppen, was apparently inspired to research the nature of Saxon Switzerland when walking to the Kleiner Bärenstein as a child.

In 1886 the Saxon Switzerland Alpine Club erected a memorial tablet in the Diebskeller in honour of Götzinger.