Staffelberg, Mountain summit near Hauzenberg, Bavaria, Germany

The Staffelberg is a 793-metre, pyramid-shaped summit in the southern Bavarian Forest, rising directly above the town of Hauzenberg in the Passau district. Its densely wooded top holds a small viewing tower built by Hauzenberg residents, a summit cross and several rest benches, with views over the town and the Freudensee lake.

The sources record no historical events, dates or settlement for this summit above Hauzenberg; the Celtic Menosgada belongs to the Franconian Staffelberg near Bad Staffelstein, a different mountain. What is documented is the present use: the town of Hauzenberg built a small viewing tower on the wooded top, beside a summit cross and several rest benches.

The Staffelberg is climbed by three marked but steep routes, from Freudensee, from Germannsdorf and from Hauzenberg. On the wooded summit the town of Hauzenberg erected a small viewing tower, next to which stand a summit cross and several rest benches.

Three marked trails lead to the 793 m summit, all of them fairly steep: from the Freudensee lake, from Germannsdorf and from Hauzenberg. The wooded top holds a small viewing tower, a summit cross and several rest benches.

The summit is densely wooded, so the small viewing tower built by the people of Hauzenberg is what opens up the view over the town and the Freudensee lake below. A summit cross and several rest benches stand beside it.