Mountain

Steinberg

Located in Drebach, Erzgebirgskreis Coordinates: 50°41′45″ N 13°00′09″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 509 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Venusberg; 1.2 km E
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–September; See the climate
Airports: KLV Karlovy Vary Airport55 km; DRS Dresden Airport73 km

About Steinberg

Steinberg is a mountain. Location: Drebach, Erzgebirgskreis. Elevation: 509 m. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (55 km). Nearby sights include Heroldswald and Wiltzschberg.

Photos of Steinberg

Greifenstein Jörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Venusberg Concentration Camp Zeitsplitter-Kollektiv · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Steinberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 5° · Night 1° · Rain 58 mm

Hottest month: July (day 22°)
Coldest month: February (night -4°)
Wettest month: July (100 mm)
Driest month: February (47 mm)

1° -4°

2° -4°

6° -1°

12° 3°

17° 7°

20° 10°

22° 12°

21° 11°

17° 8°

12° 4°

5° 1°

2° -2°

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

100

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Oct

Nov

Dec

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 Steinberg
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	1°	2°	6°	12°	17°	20°	22°	21°	17°	12°	5°	2°
Average low (°C)	-4°	-4°	-1°	3°	7°	10°	12°	11°	8°	4°	1°	-2°
Precipitation (mm)	53	47	59	51	70	84	100	88	62	57	58	62

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Steinberg

The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV), 55 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Chemnitz, 16 km to the north.

Airports

Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 55 kmsouth
Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 73 kmnortheast
Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 97 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 16 kmnorth
Dresden Population: 564.9K 65 kmnortheast
Gera Population: 104.7K 68 kmwest
Leipzig Population: 505K 84 kmnorthwest
Jena Population: 104.7K 103 kmwest

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

Day trips from Steinberg

Within 100 km: 340 historic and cultural sites, 2,037 natural sites, 493 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km367 places

Kunstteich Lake 24 kmE
Talsperre Cranzahl Lake 22 kmS
Talsperre Saidenbach Lake 17 kmE
Reservoir Neunzehnhain I Lake 12 kmE

25–60 km870 places

Stoličná Mountain 39 kmS
Pláň Mountain 46 kmSW
Sprotte River 49 kmNW
Talsperre Weiterswiese Lake 43 kmSW

60–100 km1,633 places

Erzgebirge Mountain 61 kmE
Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 73 kmNE
Hořidla Mountain 91 kmE
Svatý Prokop Landmark 60 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Venusberg Village, Drebach
1.2 km E
Gelenau/Erzgeb. Village, Erzgebirgskreis
1.4 km W
Drebach Village, Drebach
2.4 km SE
Thum Village, Erzgebirgskreis
2.9 km SW
Gelenau Village, Gelenau/Erzgeb.
3.1 km NW
Scharfenstein Village, Drebach
3.9 km E

Steinberg

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Heroldswald Natural site, Saxony
0.5 km N
Wiltzschberg Mountain, Drebach
1.6 km N
Gerichtsberg Mountain, Gelenau/Erzgeb.
2.6 km W
Thumer Forst Natural site, Saxony
2 km W
Venusberg Concentration Camp Historic site, Drebach
0.9 km NE
Bodenholz Natural site, Saxony
2.3 km N
Bluterberg Mountain, Drebach
3.1 km SE
Lerchenberg Mountain, Drebach
3.2 km NE

Steinberg

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 5, 2026