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Fichtelberg

1,215 m3,986 ft

Prominence: 134 m439 ft
Isolation: 3.3 km
Tonight: 1°CCloudy · Wind 22 km/h SW

Fichtelberg is a 1,215 m (3,986 ft) mountain in the Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 1,215 m · 3,986 ft
Nearest higher peak: Klínovec (1,244 m)
Range: Ore Mountains
Region: Saxony, Germany
Protected area: Fichtelberg
Coordinates: 50.4288° N, 12.9544° E

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3D map

Fichtelberg 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Fichtelberg topographic map

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Fichtelberg elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

Fichtelberg downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGFichtelberg satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-15.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Fichtelberg weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 1°C (34°F) · Wind 22 km/h SW

Fichtelberg forecast for the summit, about 1,215 m.

Tonight1°–22 km/h SW
Today-2°1°4.4 mm35 km/h SW
Sun0°4°10.2 mm37 km/h SW
Mon-1°4°0.1 mm24 km/h W
Tue2°8°0.1 mm12 km/h SW
Wed-1°5°1.3 mm10 km/h NW
Thu-1°7°0.1 mm9 km/h W
Fri0°5°0.3 mm6 km/h NW
Sat0°3°1.5 mm4 km/h N
Sun-2°2°1.6 mm9 km/h S

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 82% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

82.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

17.4%

Steep, 30–45°

0.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.2% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 423 m low point 798 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 69.9%Grassland 26.5%Built-up 3.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Fichtelberg summit.

Summit list 7

1Kleiner Fichtelberg1,206 m 0.8 km SSW
2Gifthüttenberg1,047 m 1.8 km N
3Eisenberg1,029 m 1.9 km NE
4Bartholomäusberg1,155 m 2.5 km SSW
5Kreuzbrückfelsen1,018 m 2.6 km NE
6Wurzelberg1,059 m 2.6 km W
7Na kopci986 m 2.8 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 442 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Large-leaved lupine25
Common bistort23
Fireweed23
Orange hawkweed23
Common bilberry14
White Butterbur13

Where it sits

Where Fichtelberg sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Milada146 m75 km ENE

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,220 m at the summit; the official height is 1,215 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,215 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,220 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,213 m	-2 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-15)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia