Mount Töpfer is a mountain with an elevation of 582 metres near the municipality of Oybin

Oybin

Oybin is a municipality in the district Görlitz, in Saxony, Germany, located very close to the border of the Czech Republic. Following the defeat of the Protestant armies by the Habsburgs in the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, many Protestant Czechs found refuge across the border in the...

 in the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 state of 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....

. It is situated in the Zittau Mountains which are part of the Lusatian Mountains

Lusatian Mountains

The Lusatian Mountains are a mountain range of the Western Sudetes, located on the southeastern border of Germany with the Czech Republic east of the Elbe river, a continuation of the Ore Mountains range west of the Elbe valley...

. It is known for it interesting rock formations near the top. Its name Töpfer (English: Potter) was probably derived from the peak that resembles two chalices.

Rock Formations and Sights

• Parrot (Papagei)
• Turtle (Schildkröte)
• Chick (Küken)
• Wobble Stone (Wackelstein)
• Broody Hen (Brütende Henne)
• European Summit Cross (Europakreuz)
• The Cave of Gratz (Gratzer Höhle)