Jeřabina, Scenic viewpoint in Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic
Haselstein (Jeřabina) is a granite-gneiss rock outcrop at 787.9 m in the Ore Mountains, about 100 m from the summit. On its stone base stands a roofed wooden lookout platform rebuilt in 2009 to the 1929 design, reached by a short climb from the Křížatky–Mníšek road.
The first wooden lookout tower opened on 9 October 1884, built by a German tourist club from Most for 1,140 gulden on a 3-metre stone base with an 11-metre wooden top. Storm damage in 1908 and looting in World War I left it ruined, and it collapsed in a storm in January 1928. A replacement shelter named Illing-Weber-Warte after two club members was consecrated on 29 September 1929; during World War II a German anti-aircraft post guarded the Záluží hydrogenation plant here, and the structure decayed after 1945 until its reconstruction opened on 28 June 2009.
The cliff had no Czech name until 1945, when it was renamed Jeřabina after jeřáb, the rowan tree. The 1929 lookout was called Illing-Weber-Warte after two club members. Information boards below the summit are in Czech, German and English.
The area is accessible via marked hiking trails, and parking is available at the base of the walking path. In wet weather, the trail can become slippery, so proper footwear is important.
The summit rocks about 100 m from the lookout hold 27 short climbing routes graded III to IV, registered by 2004. Psí hlava, Střecha and Vyhlídka reach 15 m; Psí hlava and the Nepravé skalní okno can be climbed by beginners.
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