Mountain

Moltkehöhe

Located in Wolkenstein, Erzgebirgskreis Coordinates: 50°40′00″ N 13°04′00″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 441 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Wolkenstein; 1.3 km S
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–September; See the climate
Airports: KLV Karlovy Vary Airport53 km; DRS Dresden Airport72 km

About Moltkehöhe

Moltkehöhe is a mountain. Location: Wolkenstein, Erzgebirgskreis. Elevation: 441 m. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (53 km). Nearby sights include Heidelbach and Wolfsberg.

Photos of Moltkehöhe

Lauterbacher Knochen Sculwe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Adlerstein Liesel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Venusberg Concentration Camp Zeitsplitter-Kollektiv · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Moltkehöhe

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · 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°

7° -1°

12° 3°

17° 7°

20° 10°

22° 12°

21° 12°

17° 9°

12° 5°

6° 1°

2° -2°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

100

Aug

Sep

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 Moltkehöhe
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	1°	2°	7°	12°	17°	20°	22°	21°	17°	12°	6°	2°
Average low (°C)	-4°	-4°	-1°	3°	7°	10°	12°	12°	9°	5°	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 Moltkehöhe

The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV), 53 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Chemnitz, 21 km to the northwest.

Airports

Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 53 kmsouth
Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 72 kmnortheast
Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 102 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 21 kmnorthwest
Dresden Population: 564.9K 64 kmnortheast
Gera Population: 104.7K 73 kmwest
Leipzig Population: 505K 89 kmnorthwest
Jena Population: 104.7K 108 kmwest

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

Day trips from Moltkehöhe

Within 100 km: 330 historic and cultural sites, 1,985 natural sites, 463 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km355 places

Kunstteich Lake 20 kmE
Großer Teich Lake 25 kmNE
Talsperre Cranzahl Lake 19 kmS
Talsperre Saidenbach Lake 14 kmNE

25–60 km850 places

Erzgebirge Mountain 59 kmNE
Stoličná Mountain 36 kmS
Pláň Mountain 46 kmSW
Svatý Prokop Landmark 56 kmS

60–100 km1,573 places

Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 70 kmNE
Hořidla Mountain 86 kmE
Vosí vrch Mountain 97 kmE
Zipfelteich Lake 91 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Wolkenstein Village, Wolkenstein
1.3 km S
Großolbersdorf Village, Erzgebirgskreis
3.9 km N
Drebach Village, Drebach
3.7 km W
Großolbersdorf Village, Großolbersdorf
3.9 km N
Gehringswalde Village, Wolkenstein
1.9 km E
Schönbrunn Village, Wolkenstein
2 km SW

Moltkehöhe

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Heidelbach River, Saxony
0.8 km W
Wolfsberg Mountain, Großolbersdorf
2.2 km NE
Schafberg Mountain, Wolkenstein
2.2 km SW
Lerchenberg Mountain, Wolkenstein
2.2 km SW
Lerchenberg Mountain, Großolbersdorf
2.8 km N
Bluterberg Mountain, Drebach
2.8 km W
Krähenhübel Mountain, Wolkenstein
3 km SE
Friedrich August Höhe Mountain, Wolkenstein
3.4 km NE

Moltkehöhe

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