Borsberg, Summit in Schönfeld-Weißig, Dresden, Germany

Borsberg rises to 361 meters and is the second highest point in Dresden, marking the southern end of the Loschwitz-Pillnitzer hillside. A sandstone column from 1865 crowns the summit, and dense forests surround the peak.

Elector Friedrich August III had a footpath laid out around 1780 through the Friedrichsgrund via the Meixmühle to the Borsberg. In 1775 Count Marcolini created an artificial rock grotto on the summit for the Elector, called the Eremitage, later fitted with Empire furniture and a fireplace. In October 1865 the Porsberg triangulation column was erected west of the grotto: a 5.9 m sandstone pillar on a 2.8 m base, station No. 7 of the Royal Saxon survey under Christian August Nagel. The wooden observation tower on the Eremitage was demolished in 2011.

The summit grotto, called the Eremitage, was laid out in 1775 by Count Marcolini for Elector Friedrich August III. It held a single octagonal room, first with rustic wooden furniture, later with Empire pieces, a fireplace and a mirror. A wooden lookout tower added in the mid-19th century was maintained by the Saxon court building office until 1897 and demolished in 2011.

The summit is reached on footpaths from Graupa at the foot of the hill and from the village of Borsberg, which climbs to the summit area. Marked trails also link the peak with Pillnitz Castle and the Meixmühle in the Friedrichsgrund. The southern slopes toward the Elbe valley have been protected since 1961.

The summit column is Station No. 7 of the Royal Saxon triangulation network, erected in October 1865 under Christian August Nagel and tied to the Central European arc measurement. Its inscription reads "Station Porsberg der Mitteleuropäischen Gradmessung 1865"; it was restored in 2003 for Nagel's centenary.