Mountain

Richterberg

Located in Thum, Erzgebirgskreis Coordinates: 50°40′00″ N 12°55′00″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 591 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Auerbach; 1.8 km N
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: KLV Karlovy Vary Airport52 km; DRS Dresden Airport79 km

About Richterberg

Richterberg is a mountain. Location: Thum, Erzgebirgskreis. Elevation: 591 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (52 km). Nearby sights include Rabenholz and Greifenstein.

Photos of Richterberg

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

Climate of Richterberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 5° · Night 0° · Rain 56 mm

Hottest month: July (day 22°)
Coldest month: February (night -5°)
Wettest month: July (93 mm)
Driest month: February (42 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 Richterberg
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	0°	1°	6°	11°	17°	19°	22°	21°	17°	11°	5°	1°
Average low (°C)	-5°	-5°	-2°	2°	6°	9°	11°	11°	8°	3°	0°	-3°
Precipitation (mm)	47	42	52	50	69	82	93	87	62	54	56	57

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Richterberg

The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV), 52 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Chemnitz, 19 km to the north.

Airports

Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 52 kmsouth
Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 79 kmnortheast
Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 97 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 19 kmnorth
Gera Population: 104.7K 63 kmwest
Dresden Population: 564.9K 72 kmnortheast
Leipzig Population: 505K 84 kmnorthwest
Jena Population: 104.7K 98 kmwest

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

Day trips from Richterberg

Within 100 km: 351 historic and cultural sites, 2,115 natural sites, 507 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km392 places

Talsperre Cranzahl Lake 19 kmS
Talsperre Saidenbach Lake 24 kmE
Reservoir Neunzehnhain I Lake 19 kmNE
Reservoir Neunzehnhain II Lake 17 kmE

25–60 km788 places

Stoličná Mountain 38 kmS
Pláň Mountain 40 kmSW
Sprotte River 46 kmNW
Talsperre Weiterswiese Lake 36 kmSW

60–100 km1,793 places

Erzgebirge Mountain 68 kmE
Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 80 kmNE
Hořidla Mountain 97 kmE
Svatý Prokop Landmark 60 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Auerbach Village, Erzgebirgskreis
1.8 km N
Hormersdorf Village, Zwönitz
2.6 km W
Thum Town, Thum
2.5 km E
Jahnsbach Village, Thum
1.3 km E
Geyer Village, Erzgebirgskreis
3.9 km S
Ehrenfriedersdorf Village, Erzgebirgskreis
4.7 km SE

Richterberg

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Rabenholz Natural site, Saxony
<0.1 km N
Greifenstein Mountain, Ehrenfriedersdorf
2.1 km SE
Gemeindeberg Mountain, Thum
1.5 km NE
Gastberg Mountain, Thum
2.4 km E
Henneholz Natural site, Saxony
1.9 km S
Freiwald Natural site, Saxony
1.9 km S
Andreasberg Mountain, Zwönitz
3 km NW
Huthübel Mountain, Zwönitz
3.1 km W

Richterberg

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