Mountain

Kohlenberg

Located in Brandis, Landkreis Leipzig Coordinates: 51°19′01″ N 12°36′32″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 179 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Brandis; 2.1 km N
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–September; See the climate
Airports: LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport29 km; DRS Dresden Airport83 km

About Kohlenberg

Kohlenberg is a mountain. Location: Brandis, Landkreis Leipzig. Elevation: 179 m. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (29 km). Nearby sights include Brandis and Polenz.

Climate of Kohlenberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 53 mm

Hottest month: July (day 24°)
Coldest month: January (night -3°)
Wettest month: July (85 mm)
Driest month: April (34 mm)

2° -3°

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8° 1°

13° 4°

18° 8°

21° 11°

24° 13°

23° 13°

19° 10°

13° 5°

7° 2°

4° -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 Kohlenberg
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	2°	3°	8°	13°	18°	21°	24°	23°	19°	13°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-3°	-3°	1°	4°	8°	11°	13°	13°	10°	5°	2°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	40	36	44	34	56	52	85	70	56	40	53	46

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

How to get to Kohlenberg

The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), 29 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Leipzig, 17 km to the west.

Airports

Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 29 kmnorthwest
Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 83 kmeast
Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 121 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Leipzig Population: 505K 17 kmwest
Halle Population: 237.9K 47 kmnorthwest
Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 58 kmsoutheast
Gera Population: 104.7K 61 kmsouthwest
Jena Population: 104.7K 83 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Kohlenberg

Within 100 km: 508 historic and cultural sites, 2,084 natural sites, 617 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km251 places

Speicherbecken Witznitz Lake 21 kmSW
Vogtlandsee Lake 20 kmNW
Langer Rodaer See Lake 20 kmE
Horstsee Lake 22 kmE

25–60 km622 places

Sprotte River 44 kmS
Rabeninsel Island 49 kmW
Toffelsteich Lake 57 kmE
Schönitzer See Lake 58 kmN

60–100 km2,336 places

Erzgebirge Mountain 97 kmSE
Roda River 86 kmSW
Roda River 87 kmSW
Ehle River 100 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Brandis Town, Brandis
2.1 km N
Waldsteinberg Village, Brandis
1 km W
Naunhof Village, Landkreis Leipzig
4.6 km S
Machern Village, Landkreis Leipzig
5.1 km N
Kleinsteinberg Village, Brandis
2 km W
Polenz Village, Brandis
2.4 km E

Kohlenberg

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Brandis Natural site, Saxony
0.6 km E
Polenz Natural site, Saxony
1.7 km E
Forst Naunhof Natural site, Saxony
2 km S
Haselberg Mountain, Naunhof
3.8 km SE
Brandis, Stadtkirche Attraction, Brandis
2 km N
Wachtelberg Mountain, Machern
5.2 km N
Frauenberg Mountain, Trebsen/Mulde
5.2 km E
Lehnsgraben River, Saxony
2 km S

Kohlenberg

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