Mountain

Breitenstein

Located in Pottenstein, Landkreis Bayreuth Coordinates: 49°47′00″ N 11°24′00″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 445 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Pottenstein; 1.5 km SE
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: NUE Nuremberg Airport39 km; KLV Karlovy Vary Airport118 km

About Breitenstein

Breitenstein is a mountain. Location: Pottenstein, Landkreis Bayreuth. Elevation: 445 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Nuremberg Airport (39 km). Nearby sights include Alter Forst and Prüll.

Climate of Breitenstein

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 75 mm

Hottest month: July (day 22°)
Coldest month: January (night -4°)
Wettest month: December (94 mm)
Driest month: April (61 mm)

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Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Breitenstein
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	1°	3°	8°	12°	18°	20°	22°	22°	18°	12°	5°	3°
Average low (°C)	-4°	-4°	-1°	2°	7°	10°	12°	11°	8°	4°	0°	-2°
Precipitation (mm)	80	64	72	61	67	93	90	68	69	74	75	94

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Breitenstein

The nearest airport is Nuremberg Airport (NUE), 39 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Erlangen, 35 km to the southwest.

Airports

Nuremberg Airport (NUE) Nuremberg 39 kmsouthwest
Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 118 kmnortheast
Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 137 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

Erlangen Population: 102.7K 35 kmsouthwest
Nuremberg Population: 515.5K 43 kmsouthwest
Fürth Population: 132K 45 kmsouthwest
Regensburg Population: 151.4K 99 kmsoutheast
Würzburg Population: 133.7K 104 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Breitenstein

Within 100 km: 1,205 historic and cultural sites, 3,845 natural sites, 786 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km431 places

Craimoosweiher Lake 15 kmE
Lohe Mountain 19 kmNW
Ziegenberg Mountain 20 kmN
Ziegelberg Mountain 22 kmS

25–60 km2,106 places

Waldstadion Weismain Landmark 36 kmN
Spitzelberg Mountain 25 kmS
Stollenberg Mountain 26 kmS
Deckersberg Mountain 33 kmS

60–100 km3,299 places

Český Les Mountain 80 kmE
Uzbach River 93 kmW
Badsee Lake 72 kmW
Zipfelteich Lake 95 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Pottenstein Town, Pottenstein
1.5 km SE
Weidmannsgesees Village, Pottenstein
0.8 km W
Haselbrunn Village, Pottenstein
1.4 km E
Rackersberg Village, Pottenstein
1.8 km NW
Haßlach Village, Pottenstein
1.8 km N
Siegmannsbrunn Village, Pottenstein
2.1 km S

Breitenstein

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Alter Forst Natural site, Bavaria
1.7 km SW
Prüll Natural site, Bavaria
2.4 km SE
Pottenstein Concentration Camp Historic site, Pottenstein
1.6 km SE
Eschenberg Mountain, Pottenstein
3.9 km E
Hohenmirsberger Platte Mountain, Pottenstein
4.8 km NE
Ludwigshöhe Mountain, Gößweinstein, Markt
4.9 km W
Fränkische Schweiz Museum Museum, Pottenstein
2.8 km W
Püttlacher Berg Mountain, Pottenstein
6.2 km E

Breitenstein

Sources & licences

Wikidata, CC0-1.0 Wikidata (CC0)
GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 11, 2026 · 2 independent sources