Großer Beerberg

The Großer Beerberg is a mountain, 982.9 m above sea level (NHN),[1] whose summit is the highest point in the Thuringian Forest and the state of Thuringia.The mountain is made of rhyolite (quartz porphry) that was formed through volcanic processes in the Rotliegendes rock of the Oberhof Formation, about 280 million years ago,[2] and which was uplifted over the surrounding sediments to form a butte.Between the summit of the Beerberg and that of its eastern neighbour, the Schneekopf (978 m), the second highest mountain of Thuringia, is a 60-metre-deep col. To the west is the Sommerbachskopf (941 m).A few years ago, a small platform was again established below the summit at Plänckners Aussicht, which offers an outstanding view to the south and southwest.The section of the Rennsteig long-distance path between Oberhof and Schmücke runs across the mountain.
View of the highest mountains of the Thuringian Forest, from Simmersberg (781 m):
Adlersberg (849 m) with Neuhäuser Hügel (891 m), Großer Beerberg (partly obscured, 982 m), Wildekopf (943 m), Großer Eisenberg (907 m), Schneekopf (978 m), Großer Finsterberg (944 m) and Kleiner Finsterberg (875 m); in the foreground, Kalter Staudenkopf (768 m), Schmiedswiesenkopf (784 m) and Hohe Warth (718 m). Left rear: Pleß (645 m), 52 km away in the Rhön Mountains .
The three highest mountains of the Thuringian Forest: View from Finsterberg (third-highest, 944 m) of Großer Beerberg (left, 982 m) and Schneekopf (second highest, right); (note tower on Schneekopf)
ElevationCoordinatesThuringiaGermanyParent rangeThuringian Forestmountainsea level (NHN)GehlbergrhyoliteRotliegendesSchneekopfmoorlandsRennsteigOberhofSchmückeList of mountains in ThuringiaList of mountain and hill ranges in GermanyFederal Agency for Nature ConservationSimmersbergAdlersbergGroßer FinsterbergRhön MountainsHighest natural points of the German statesFeldbergZugspitzeGroßer MüggelbergKutschenbergHasselbrackWasserkuppeWurmbergHelpt HillsLangenbergErbeskopfDollbergFichtelbergBrockenBungsbergCentral UplandsAnterior Bavarian ForestEinödriegelBlack ForestBohemian ForestGroßer ArberBavarian ForestDeisterBröhnEbbe MountainsNordhelleEgge Mountains(Prussian) VelmerstotHohe AchtVolcanic EifelErnstbergElbe Sandstone MountainsGroßer ZschirnsteinEilumer HornElster MountainsKapellenbergFichtel MountainsSchneebergSteinwaldPlatteFranconian ForestDöbrabergFranconian JuraDürrenbergGladenbach UplandsAngelburgGoshawk ForestHohes GrasBrocken (Blocksberg)Hildesheim ForestGriesbergBloße ZelleHoher MeißnerKasseler KuppeHunsrückSoonwaldEllerspringKaiserstuhlTotenkopfKaufungen ForestHirschbergKellerwaldWüstegartenKnüllEisenbergKyffhäuserKulpenbergLenne MountainsHomertLippe UplandsKöterbergNorth Palatine UplandsDonnersbergOdenwaldKatzenbuckelOre MountainsPalatine ForestKalmitRothaar MountainsSaalhausen HillsSiebengebirgeGroßer ÖlbergSollingGroße BlößeSpessartGeiersberg (Breitsol)SudetesLausche (Luž)Lusatian MountainsZittau MountainsSüntelHohe EggeSwabian JuraLembergRandenHoher RandenTaunusGroßer FeldbergTeutoburg Forest (Osning)BarnackenThuringian Slate MountainsGroßer FarmdenkopfUpper Palatine ForestKreuzfelsenVogelsbergTaufsteinWeser HillsWesterwaldFuchskauteWiehen HillsHeidbrink