Schafberg, Mountain summit in Löbau, Germany

Schafberg is a wooded hill rising 450.5 m above NHN east of Löbau in Saxony, forming a single massif with the neighbouring Löbauer Berg. Its mixed forest of sessile oak, hornbeam and winter lime covers slopes that hold the remains of a 3000-year-old ring wall. A 160-metre concrete broadcast tower, built in 1988 with a Mil Mi-8 helicopter, stands on the summit.

The hill was used for centuries as pasture for cattle and sheep, which gave it the name Schafberg. Because it had few springs, keeping livestock was difficult; the Rinnelbrunnen spring served as a watering place. After 1850, grazing on the hill was no longer allowed. From 1936 an ammunition store of the Löbau barracks stood at the foot of the hill, cleared after 1990, and during the Second World War an anti-aircraft observation tower stood on the summit.

The name Schafberg comes from the sheep and cattle grazed here for centuries; the hill had few springs, so watering the animals was laborious. The Rinnelbrunnen spring served as a drinking trough, and grazing was banned after 1850. The Upper Sorbian name is Šafberg, also given as Wowča hora.

The summit is reached on foot; the 160-metre concrete transmission tower of 1988 stands on top and is not open to visitors. The hill lies east of Löbau, next to the Löbauer Berg, and its mixed forest of sessile oak, hornbeam and winter lime covers the slopes. The Rinnelbrunnen spring, once a watering place for livestock, is one of the few water sources on the hill.

The Geldkeller is a rock formation said in tradition to have been used in prehistoric times for calendrical observation of the sun, and it underlies several local legends. It is not a cellar or a store for money.