Schwartenberg with a mountain hut in the Ore Mountains

At 787m above sea level, the Schwartenberg is one of the highest mountains in the Eastern Ore Mountains. The mountain belonging to the Erzgebirge / Vogtland Nature Park is located east of Olbernhau between the municipalities of Neuhausen in the north and Seiffen in the southwest. In 1779, Emperor Joseph II climbed the then unforested rocky hill during a trip neighboring Bohemia. In memory of the ascent, the Schwartenberg was in contemporary sources also referred to as Kaiserstein. Due to the wide all-round view, the first plans to build a mountain restaurant were made as early as 1893 on the summit of the Schwartenberg.