Maimont, Mountain and peace cross on the Franco-German border in Bas-Rhin, France and Southwest Palatinate, Germany

Maimont is a double-peaked sandstone mountain on the Franco-German border, with its main summit at 515 m in Bas-Rhin and the Herberg summit at 491 m in Rhineland-Palatinate. A short flight of stone steps with thin metal handrails leads to a plain stone cross, the Friedenskreuz, on a rocky outcrop. The mountain is covered in forest and crossed by a Celtic ring-wall.

A double Celtic ring-wall enclosing about four hectares, with an inner area roughly 350 m east-west and 120 m north-south, surrounds a proven hilltop settlement; the rampart is still traceable to 2–3 m high in the north. Occupation traces run from the Bronze Age through Hallstatt and La Tène to Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, and Roman pottery was found in excavations in 1898. In May 1940 the Battle of the Maimont was fought here at the start of the Western campaign; the Friedenskreuz commemorating it was erected in 1950.

The Friedenskreuz (Peace Cross) on the Herberg, the 491 m Palatine summit, was erected in 1950 to commemorate the May 1940 Battle of Maimont at the start of the Western campaign. It has been renewed several times since. The mountain ridge and the rock massif at Wasigenstein are regarded as the setting of the medieval Waltharilied.

Marked hiking trails lead from nearby villages of Obersteinbach and Petersbächel to the summit, with parking available near the castle ruins. The mountain can be visited year-round, but conditions are best during moderate seasons when paths are dry and passable.

The double Celtic ring-wall on the Maimont encloses about four hectares, roughly 350 m east-west and 120 m north-south, around a confirmed hilltop settlement. On the northern side the rampart still stands 2 to 3 m high. A hollowed stone held to be a Celtic offering bowl, the Opferschale, lies on the site, though it may be a geological feature.