Frauenberg (Bavaria)

View from the women's mountain of Schoenberg

The woman mountain is a 728 meter high mountain in the Bavarian Forest in the southwest of the city Grafenau.

Despite its small height, it 's a pretty striking elevation, as it stands out through the cone- like shape of the usually dome-shaped mountains of the Bavarian Forest. The Kleine Ohe (Graf Ohe ) breaks through in the Else Thaler Guide the pile. At its shallow northern and eastern slopes outweighs the spruce, while the sloping to Kleine Ohe steep slopes to the west and south are dominated by deciduous forests. In this area where red beech, sycamore and lime dominate the summer, is located at an altitude 460-650 meters in 1978 reported 19.5 hectares of natural forest reserve Fraunberg.

From Grafenau out a way to Stations of the Cross passes to the pilgrimage chapel brother Brunn. It is located in the forest north of the summit. The chapel was built on the site of a 1803 destroyed predecessor in 1842, 1952 came to a memorial chapel. The baroque miraculous image from 1704 was stolen in 1969 along with votive offerings and angels chandeliers. Then you get to view stone, which offers a panoramic view to the south.