Mönchswalder Berg
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Mönchswalder Berg is a hill belonging to the district of Bautzen in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

, Germany. It is a part of the Lusatian Highlands and lays approximately 3 km North of Wilthen
Wilthen
Wilthen is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located near the border with the Czech Republic, nine km south of Bautzen and fifty km east of Dresden.-Geography:...

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Panorama

The best panoramic view can be enjoyed from the top of the viewing tower. To the North, the land is flat and one sees the city of Bautzen
Bautzen
Bautzen is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and administrative centre of the eponymous district. It is located on the Spree River. As of 2008, its population is 41,161...

, Bautzen Reservoir
Bautzen Reservoir
The Bautzen Reservoir, is a reservoir on the River Spree in Germany. It is situated just north of the city of Bautzen in the state of Saxony....

, the Boxberg Power-plant
Boxberg Power Station
Boxberg Power Station is a lignite-fired power station with three units at Boxberg , Saxony. Since the late nineties it produces 1900 MW...

 and by clear weather the smokestacks of the power-plant at Schwarze Pumpe. To the South, the Valtenberg
Valtenberg
Valtenberg is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany....

, the Ungerberg with its unambiguous observation tower and a few peaks from the Saxon Switzerland
Saxon Switzerland
Saxon Switzerland is a hilly climbing area and national park around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic it forms the Elbe Sandstone Mountains....

 such as the Big and Small Zschirnstein
Zschirnsteine
The Zschirnsteine are two prominent table mountains near Kleingießhübel in the municipality of Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, about 7 km south of the German resort of Bad Schandau in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains...

 are visible. To the West, the big Picho
Großer Picho
Großer Picho is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany....

 with its antenna tower whilst to the East, the Czorneboh
Czorneboh
Czorneboh is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany....

, Hochstein, Bieleboh
Bieleboh
Bieleboh is a mountain in Saxony, southeastern Germany....

, Lausche
Lausche
Lausche is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany....

, Tannenberg
Tannenberg
Tannenberg may refer to* Tannenberg, Saxony, a town in the district of Annaberg in the German state of Saxony* The German name for the village of Stębark in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland* Battle of Tannenberg or Battle of Grunwald...

 and Jeschken. Peaks from the Jizera
Jizera Mountains
Jizera Mountains , or Izera Mountains, are part of the Western Sudetes on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The major part is formed from granite, with some areas formed from basalt. The mountains got their name from the Jizera River, which rises at the southern base of Smrk...

 and Giant Mountains can be observed only under placid weather conditions.
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