Buchberg, Summit in the Upper Palatinate Jura, Bavaria, Germany

Buchberg is a 591 m high foothill of the Franconian Alb in the Upper Palatinate, rising 4.8 km south-southwest of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. Its horseshoe-shaped ridge opens west, with the longer northwest arm called Langer Berg and the shorter southwest arm Glasberg. The steep slope of Eisensandstein, about 60 m thick, leads up to a flat plateau of White Jurassic limestone.

The Buchberg is a 591 m high witness hill (Zeugenberg) at the western edge of the Upper Palatinate Jura, 4.8 km south-southwest of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. Its horseshoe shape, open to the west, has a longer northwest arm called "Langer Berg" and a shorter southwest arm called "Glasberg". The plateau belongs to Neumarkt, the west and northwest flanks to Berngau, and the east and south flanks to Sengenthal.

The Buchberg's shape, an open horseshoe facing west, gives its parts their names: the longer northwest arm is the "Langer Berg", the shorter southwest arm the "Glasberg". The plateau and east slopes are called "Im Steinbruch" or "Vorderer Buchberg", the north slopes "Hinterer Buchberg", and the woods below to the northeast form the "Heid".

The Buchberg lies 4.8 km south-southwest of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, on the western rim of the Oberpfälzer Jura. Its plateau belongs to Neumarkt, the west and northwest flanks to Berngau, the east and south flanks to Sengenthal. The Höhenweg follows the Ornatenton shoulder around the massif; the historic Ludwig-Donau-Main-Kanal crosses the European watershed in a cutting between Buchberg and Winnberg.

The Buchberg is a textbook example of a table mountain of the Southwest German Scarplands: a gently rising base, a steep wall of iron sandstone about 60 metres thick, then a flat limestone plateau of White Jurassic rock. From the north, across the Neumarkt basin, it resembles an upturned clipper hull.