Großer Beerberg

The Großer Beerberg is a mountain, 982.9 m above sea level (NHN),^[1] whose summit is the highest point in the Thuringian Forest and the state of Thuringia. It is located between the three villages of Heidersbach, Goldlauter and Gehlberg in the borough of Suhl. The mountain is made of rhyolite (quartz porphry) that was formed through volcanic processes in the Rotliegendes rock of the Oberhof Formation, about 280 million years ago,^[2] and which was uplifted over the surrounding sediments to form a butte.

Grosser Beerberg
View of Großer Beerberg from the south; in the foreground is Suhl-Goldlauter
Highest point
Elevation	982.9 m (3,225 ft)[1]
Coordinates	50°39′34″N 10°44′46″E
Naming
Pronunciation	German: [ˈɡʁoːsɐ ˈbeːɐ̯bɛɐ̯k]
Geography
Grosser Beerberg The location within Thuringia
Location	Thuringia, Germany
Parent range	Thuringian Forest

Between the summit of the Beerberg and that of its eastern neighbour, the Schneekopf (978 m), the second highest mountain of Thuringia, is a 60-metre-deep col. To the west is the Sommerbachskopf (941 m).

On the summit of Beerberg is one of the few moorlands of the Thuringian Forest. Until the end of the 1980s there was an observation tower on the mountain. A few years ago, a small platform was again established below the summit at Plänckners Aussicht, which offers an outstanding view to the south and southwest.

The section of the Rennsteig long-distance path between Oberhof and Schmücke runs across the mountain. The nearest town is Suhl.

See also

• List of mountains in Thuringia
• List of mountain and hill ranges in Germany

References

1. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
2. Lützner, H., Andreas, D., Schneider, J.W., Voigt, S. & Werneburg, W. (2012): Stefan und Rotliegend im Thüringer Wald und seiner Umgebung. In: Deutsche Stratigraphische Kommission (publ.; coordination and production: H. Lützner & G. Kowalczyk für die Subkommission Perm-Trias): Stratigraphie von Deutschland X. Rotliegend. Teil I: Innervariscische Becken. Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften 61: 418–487.

External links

• "Beerberg, Germany". Peakbagger.com.

View of the highest mountains of the Thuringian Forest, from Simmersberg (781 m):
Adlersberg (849 m) with Neuhäuser Hügel (891 m), Großer Beerberg (partly obscured, 982 m), Wildekopf (943 m), Großer Eisenberg (907 m), Schneekopf (978 m), Großer Finsterberg (944 m) and Kleiner Finsterberg (875 m); in the foreground, Kalter Staudenkopf (768 m), Schmiedswiesenkopf (784 m) and Hohe Warth (718 m). Left rear: Pleß (645 m), 52 km away in the Rhön Mountains.

The three highest mountains of the Thuringian Forest: View from Finsterberg (third-highest, 944 m) of Großer Beerberg (left, 982 m) and Schneekopf (second highest, right); (note tower on Schneekopf)