Haberstein, Granite summit in Fichtel Mountains, Germany

Haberstein is an 847 m high mountain in the Hohes Fichtelgebirge, Wunsiedel district, made up of the main summit Großer Haberstein and the Kleiner Haberstein 200 m to the west. The wooded main summit carries a large granite rock castle, protected as a natural monument (geotope 479R012), whose mattress-like weathering and horizontal jointing of the Kösseine rim granite are clearly visible. The rock association is still intact, unlike the nearby Luisenburg rock labyrinth.

The name Haberstein was first recorded in 1393, when the forest holdings of the Burgrave of Nuremberg were described as lying "on the Hochstein in the Kozzeyn", meaning the Kösseine. The first element comes from an old German word for billy goat, so the name means "goat rock". In 1879 the Fichtelgebirge section of the German-Austrian Alpine Club built wooden stairs up the northern rock tower called the Kanzel; an iron frame added in 1883 still carries the wooden planks, maintained by the Wunsiedel group of the Fichtelgebirgsverein.

The name Haberstein comes from the old German word Haber for a billy goat, so it means "goat rock"; it was first recorded in 1393 in a description of the Burgrave of Nuremberg's forest holdings. On the topmost rock, hollows called "Druidenschüsseln" are natural granite weathering, while the round holes beside them were cut by surveyors for a measuring frame.

The summit is reached via the Fichtelgebirgs-Höhenweg and the Fränkischer Gebirgsweg between Luisenburg and the Kösseine. Since 1879 wooden stairs and, from 1883, an iron frame have led onto the northern rock tower called "Kanzel"; the wood is repaired as needed and the structure is maintained by the Wunsiedel group of the Fichtelgebirgsverein. The granite steps and platform can be slippery when wet.

The hollows on the topmost rock, called "Druidenschüsseln" in local speech, are natural granite weathering pits, not man-made sacrificial bowls. Beside them are round holes chiselled by hand to hold the survey frame of the state land survey.