Buchensteinwand, Mountain summit in Tyrol, Austria

Buchensteinwand is a free-standing 1,462 m summit of the Kirchbergstock range near Fieberbrunn in Tyrol. Its east-west ridge drops gently north toward St. Jakob in Haus and steeply south toward Fieberbrunn, and the municipal boundaries of St. Jakob in Haus, St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Hochfilzen and Fieberbrunn meet on the ridge. Since 2014 the summit carries the Jakobskreuz, a 29.6 m walkable cross-shaped building with exhibition and seminar rooms and five viewing platforms.

The Buchensteinwand is a 1462 m summit of the Kirchbergstock, a free-standing mountain whose east-west ridge drops gently north toward St. Jakob in Haus and steeply south toward Fieberbrunn. Its summit is shared by the municipal areas of St. Jakob in Haus, St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Hochfilzen and Fieberbrunn, which meet on the ridge. In 2014 the Pillersee mountain railways erected the Jakobskreuz, a 29.6 m walkable summit cross, on the top.

The summit cross, called Jakobskreuz, was built in 2014 by Bergbahnen Pillersee and stands 29.6 m tall. Its four arms house exhibition and seminar rooms, and five viewing platforms sit on the roof surfaces and the top level. The name refers to Saint James, and the cross is a walkable building rather than a sculpture.

The Buchensteinwand is reached from St. Jakob in Haus by a chairlift and from Hochfilzen by drag lifts, both serving the ski area on its slopes. The 29.6 m Jakobskreuz on the summit, built in 2014, is walkable: stairs lead through its four arms to five viewing platforms, including one on the highest level.

The 29.6-metre Jakobskreuz, erected on the summit in 2014 by Bergbahnen Pillersee, is a walkable cross-shaped building: its four arms hold exhibition and seminar rooms, and five viewing platforms sit on the roof surfaces and the cross's highest level.