The Rauhhügel is an 812.9 m high (above sea level) mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia, Germany.
It is located close to the municipalities of Schmiedefeld and Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park within walking distance of the Rennsteig.
+ Neighbouring mountains Description Height above sea level Direction Particularity Mutzenberg 770.0 m SW Coniferous forest Spitzer Berg 790.3 m W NW Coniferous forest Rehhecke 707.0 m NW Coniferous forest Assberg 703.0 m N NE
The Leipzig tower on top of the Rauhhügel is 17.5 m high. It has viewing platforms on two levels, the upper at 14 m,Leipziger Turm , Olitätenland, retrieved March 26, 2011 from which in good weather one can see far into the surrounding mountains of the Thuringian Highland, the Thuringian Forest and to mountains of the Fichtel Mountains and Ore Mountains, including:
Neuhaus am Rennweg (830 m) Ochsenkopf (1,024 m), Fichtel Mountains Schneekopf (1,051 m), Fichtel Mountains Fichtelberg (1,214 m), Ore Mountains
There is a guesthouse at the base of the tower.
See also List of mountains and hills of Thuringia
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