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Historical climbing at Fichtelgebirge's heart
This album provides a 1st collection of climbing and scenery photos from the 70ies of the last century. I hope I can enlarge it to later times step by step.Fichtelgebirge
is a very beautiful low mountain range in northeastern Bavaria (Germany) with granite rocks resulting from the Caledonian era some 280 Million years ago, with a varied subsequent geological record.
Since the Middle Ages it is covered mainly by an extended spruce forest.
It harbours a very particular flower called "Siebenstern" (Seven star), which blossoms inconspicuously near the ground with a 7-fold tiny white bloom.
External Links
Infos in German:Comprehensive general page
Climbing community "IG Klettern"
Images of the Rudolfstein area
The summit region of Rudolfstein (866 m) embraces one of the richest climbing areas of Fichtelgebirge. Its rocks consist of strangely stacked granite slabs, where often friction or crack climbing dominates.Rudolfstein lies at the heart of Fichtelgebirge, a few km south of the small town of Weißenstadt. Actually it can be considered a shoulder of Schneeberg ("snow mountain", 1053 m), the highest mountain in Fichtelgebirge, which lies about 3 km south of Rudolfstein. On the ridge way from Rudolfstein to Schneeberg one passes the rock group of the so called "3 brothers".
Aerial view of Rudolfstein summit
Aerial view of 3 brothers
Approaching Rudolfstein The central of the "3 brothers" |  East crack of south brother |
 Through the spruce wood to the "Sister Stones" | |
 Rudolfstein summit pillar |  Rudolfstein summit pillar, upper part |