Jauerling, Mountain summit in Lower Austria, Austria

Jauerling is a mountain in the southeastern Waldviertel of Lower Austria and, at 960 m above sea level, the highest elevation of the Wachau. Its summit region is broad and plateau-like, with two points reaching 960 m; a cross-marked spot is named Falscher Gipfel and Franz-Josefs-Höhe. On the southern summit, the Burgstock, stand a broadcasting facility and an observation tower.

The name Jauerling derives from the Slavic Javornik, meaning "maple mountain". The summit region is a broad plateau where two points reach 960 m; a cross-marked spot is called Falscher Gipfel and Franz-Josefs-Höhe. On the southern summit, the Burgstock, stand a broadcasting facility for FM, directional radio and TV and an observation tower that also serves as a checkpoint on the North-South long-distance trail.

The name Jauerling derives from the Slavic word Javornik, meaning "maple mountain". The summit plateau holds two points reaching 960 m, and a cross-marked spot is named Falscher Gipfel and Franz-Josefs-Höhe. The Jahn-Denkmal stands in the western corner of the Jahnwiese meadow, where sports facilities are laid out.

The summit region is reached from Oberndorf by a public road, continued by several tracks; two points reach 960 m, and a cross-marked spot is named Falscher Gipfel and Franz-Josefs-Höhe. The south summit, the Burgstock, holds a radio and TV transmitter and an observation tower that also serves as a checkpoint on the North-South long-distance trail.

The plateau-like summit has two points reaching 960 m, yet the crosses stand elsewhere: one spot is explicitly named Falscher Gipfel (False Summit) and Franz-Josefs-Höhe. On the south summit, the Burgstock, a transmission mast for FM, directional radio and TV shares the site with the viewing tower, which also serves as a checkpoint on the North-South long-distance trail.