Mountain

Eichstein

Located in Friedenfels, Landkreis Tirschenreuth Coordinates: 49°54′00″ N 12°05′00″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 621 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Friedenfels; 2.3 km SE
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: KLV Karlovy Vary Airport68 km; NUE Nuremberg Airport85 km

About Eichstein

Eichstein is a mountain. Location: Friedenfels, Landkreis Tirschenreuth. Elevation: 621 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (68 km). Nearby sights include Platte and Ölpoint.

Photos of Eichstein

Platte No machine-readable author provided. Schubbay assumed · CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate of Eichstein

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 4° · Night -1° · Rain 66 mm

Hottest month: August (day 21°)
Coldest month: January (night -5°)
Wettest month: July (88 mm)
Driest month: April (49 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 Eichstein
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	0°	2°	6°	10°	16°	19°	21°	21°	16°	10°	4°	1°
Average low (°C)	-5°	-5°	-2°	1°	6°	9°	11°	10°	7°	3°	-1°	-3°
Precipitation (mm)	69	56	60	49	64	84	88	75	65	66	66	82

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Eichstein

The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV), 68 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Erlangen, 85 km to the southwest.

Airports

Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 68 kmnortheast
Nuremberg Airport (NUE) Nuremberg 85 kmsouthwest
Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 144 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Erlangen Population: 102.7K 85 kmsouthwest
Nuremberg Population: 515.5K 88 kmsouthwest
Fürth Population: 132K 92 kmsouthwest
Regensburg Population: 151.4K 98 kmsouth
Gera Population: 104.7K 109 kmnorth

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

Day trips from Eichstein

Within 100 km: 723 historic and cultural sites, 3,168 natural sites, 637 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km359 places

Süßenloher Weiher Lake 20 kmS
Rollnhofweiher Lake 16 kmSE
Neuweiher Lake 8 kmE
Langwiesenteich Lake 8 kmSE

25–60 km1,095 places

Spitzelberg Mountain 59 kmSW
Český Les Mountain 40 kmSE
Schleifweiher Lake 33 kmS
Schlatter Weiher Lake 28 kmSW

60–100 km3,074 places

Waldstadion Weismain Landmark 63 kmW
Stollenberg Mountain 62 kmSW
Deckersberg Mountain 64 kmSW
Stoličná Mountain 88 kmNE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Friedenfels Village, Friedenfels
2.3 km SE
Köhlerlohe Village, Friedenfels
0.2 km SE
Frauenreuth Village, Friedenfels
1.2 km S
Bärnhöhe Village, Friedenfels
1.7 km SW
Trettmanns Village, Friedenfels
1.9 km SE
Oed Neighbourhood, Friedenfels
2.2 km S

Eichstein

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Platte Mountain, Waldershof
2.4 km NW
Ölpoint Natural site, Bavaria
1.9 km S
Plößberg Mountain, Waldershof
2.8 km NE
Weidersbühl Mountain, Friedenfels
2.6 km E
Steinwald Natural site, Bavaria
2 km W
Hopfenwinkel Natural site, Waldershof
2 km N
Bärnhöhe Mountain, Waldershof
2.4 km W
Riesenschüssel Natural site, Bavaria
2.4 km E

Eichstein

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