page_title: Fichtelberg
section_title: Weather station
hierarchical_section_title: Fichtelberg / History / Weather station
caption_attribution_description: English: Weather Station Fichtelberg, Germany Deutsch: Wetterstation Fichtelberg
context_page_description: The Fichtelberg is a mountain with two main peaks in the middle of the Ore Mountains in the east German state of Saxony, near the Czech border. At 1,214.6 m above sea level, the Fichtelberg is the highest mountain in Saxony, the second highest in the Ore Mountains and used to be the highest mountain in East Germany. Its subpeak is 1,206 m high.
context_section_description: In 1890 the publican of the Fichtelberg House recorded the first regular weather observations. On 1 January 1916 meteorologists began work in the new weather station. It was founded by Paul Schreiber and expanded into a mountain observatory in 1950.
caption: Weather station with meteorological instruments
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