Windberg (Freital)

Windberg
File:Windberg bei Freital Seitenansicht.JPG
Highest point
Elevation	353 m (1,158 ft)
Coordinates
Geography
Windberg is located in Saxony Windberg Saxony, Germany
Parent range	Döhlen Basin
Geology
Age of rock	Rotliegendes
Mountain type	conglomerate with hard coal seams

The Windberg (353 m above NN) is a hill in the borough of Freital near Dresden in the German federal state of Saxony. It is the town's Hausberg or local hill.

Geomorphology and natural features

The Windberg has a striking silhouette, visible from afar. Its narrow northwestern slope opens out into a long, broad and thickly wooded plateau. The hill has been designated as a nature reserve and protected area since 1967 due to its near-natural woodland and rich flora and fauna. Its tectonic cleft cavern, known as the Windbergspalte, is the deepest cave in Saxony with a depth of 44 metres (144 ft).

Gallery

• Windbergbahn 1895.png

  Section of an 1895 overview map with the Windberg

• Lange diercke sachsen gebiet des windbergs hoehenschichten mit schraffen umland.jpg

  1930 topographical map of the Windberg with contours

• Denkmal Windberg Freital Sachsen 101.JPG

  King Albert Monument on the Windberg

• Blick auf Freital.jpg

  View from Freital-Wurgwitz of the Windberg

Sources

• Haus der Heimat Freital (Hg.): Der Windberg, Freital 1986

External links

• Information about the Windberg