Rauhhügel

Leipziger Turm on the rough hill ( 801.9 m)

The roughness hill is a survey with a height of 801.9 meters north of forged box in the district Saalfeld- Rudolstadt. On the ridge there is a transmission tower and the ' Leipziger Turm ", a lookout tower with a tourist restaurant.

The roughness hill is built of schist from the deep Silurian. Index fossil is Phycodes circinatum, a Ichnofossil. The roughness of the Phycodenschiefer hill has a high iron content.

The Leipzig tower is 17.5 m high ( upper viewing platform 14 meters ). On a clear and favorable weather conditions there from here Distant view not only of the surrounding mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains and the Thuringian Forest, but also on many mountains of the Fichtelgebirge Mountains and the Ore Mountains. These are, among others:

• W NW - Spitzerberg ( 790.3 m), the light
• W SW - Mutzenberg (770 m), the light
• W SW - Neuhaus am Rennweg ( 830 m)
• Töpfersbühl ( 762 m), Reichmannsdorf, Wickersdorf
• Fröbelturm at Kirchberg ( 785 m), Oberweißenbach
• Meusel Bacher hilltop (786 m), Meuselbach
• Ox-head (1,024 m) and Snow Mountain ( 1,051 m), Fichtelgebirge
• Fichtelbergbahn ( 1,214 m), Ore

The Leipzig tower is 17.5 m high. His highest viewing platform has a height of 14 m.