Mountain

Maratke

Located in Hochkirch, Landkreis Bautzen Coordinates: 51°08′55″ N 14°32′26″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 295 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Meschwitz; 0.6 km SW
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: DRS Dresden Airport54 km; PRG Václav Havel Airport Prague118 km

About Maratke

Maratke is a mountain. Location: Hochkirch, Landkreis Bautzen. Elevation: 295 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (54 km). Nearby sights include Haik and Czorneboh.

Photos of Maratke

Wohlaer Berg PaulT · CC BY-SA 4.0
Steinberg Gumideck · CC BY-SA 4.0
Schmoritz Buedner · CC BY-SA 3.0
Czorneboh Julian Nyča · CC BY-SA 4.0
Herrnsberg Gumideck · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Maratke

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 57 mm

Hottest month: August (day 23°)
Coldest month: January (night -3°)
Wettest month: August (89 mm)
Driest month: April (42 mm)

2° -3°

3° -3°

7° 0°

12° 3°

18° 8°

20° 11°

23° 12°

18° 9°

13° 5°

6° 1°

3° -1°

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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 Maratke
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	2°	3°	7°	12°	18°	20°	23°	23°	18°	13°	6°	3°
Average low (°C)	-3°	-3°	0°	3°	8°	11°	12°	12°	9°	5°	1°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	53	45	53	42	71	66	88	89	58	49	57	57

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Maratke

The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (DRS), 54 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dresden, 57 km to the west.

Airports

Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 54 kmwest
Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) Prague 118 kmsouth
Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport (IEG) Nowe Kramsko 140 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

Dresden Population: 564.9K 57 kmwest
Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 118 kmwest
Prague Population: 1.2M 118 kmsouth
Leipzig Population: 505K 153 kmwest
Berlin Population: 3.4M 172 kmnorthwest

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

Day trips from Maratke

Within 100 km: 190 historic and cultural sites, 1,393 natural sites, 356 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km229 places

Schlossteich Lake 24 kmN
Speicherbecken Quitzdorf Lake 21 kmNE
Litzenteich Lake 17 kmNW
Großteich Lake 23 kmNE

25–60 km754 places

Erzgebirge Mountain 58 kmSW
Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 47 kmSW
Vosí vrch Mountain 30 kmS
Buschteich Lake 30 kmN

60–100 km956 places

Lysá Mountain 70 kmS
Tvarožník Mountain 80 kmSE
Hořidla Mountain 70 kmS
Jastrzębiec Mountain 74 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Meschwitz Village, Hochkirch
0.6 km SW
Wuischke Village, Hochkirch
2.1 km S
Hochkirch Village, Hochkirch
2.1 km E
Pommritz Village, Hochkirch
2.4 km NE
Waditz Village, Kubschütz
1.5 km NW
Neuwuischke Village, Hochkirch
1.9 km SE

Maratke

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Haik Natural site, Hochkirch
1.4 km E
Czorneboh Mountain, Hochkirch
3.4 km S
Steinberg Mountain, Hochkirch
3.8 km S
Schmoritz Mountain, Kubschütz
4.3 km SW
Malena Lake, Hochkirch
2.7 km E
Ziegelberg Mountain, Hochkirch
3.4 km S
Kuppritzer Berg Mountain, Hochkirch
4.1 km SE
Hromadnik Mountain, Kubschütz
3.8 km SW

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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