Hundsmarter, Mountain summit in Raschau-Markersbach, Germany

Hundsmarter is a mountain summit in the Erzgebirge range that reaches 848 meters in height. The area is characterized by dense forests with multiple marked hiking routes available to visitors.

The mountain sits in a region shaped by mining activities since Medieval times. Silver mining in the surrounding area influenced local development and settlement patterns for centuries.

The name Hundsmarter is said to come from the salt transport to Bohemia that once crossed the mountain, mainly with dog-drawn carts. Older documented names are Blöselstein and Blösenstein. Once a year the Erzgebirgsradrennen passes over the ridge, with up to 47 km and 1250 metres of climbing.

The summit is reached via the Hundsmartertrasse, a prepared cross-country ski trail in winter that starts here and leads into the forests of the Fichtelberg area. The Erzgebirgsradrennen, up to 47 km with 1250 metres of climbing, starts and finishes near the lower reservoir at the foot of the mountain and crosses the ridge. The summit itself is the ring dam of the upper reservoir, flattened during its construction between 1970 and 1978.

The summit itself is no longer natural: between 1970 and 1978 the upper reservoir of the Markersbach pumped-storage plant was built here and the peak was flattened. Today the ring dam of the basin, at 848.4 m above sea level, forms the highest point. The name is said to come from salt transports to Bohemia once carried over the mountain mainly by dog carts; Blöselstein and Blösenstein are also documented.