The Auersberg Mountain at 1,018 m is the third highest in East Germany, after the Fichtelberg and Brocken Mountains.

It was the favored hunting ground of the Kurfürsten of Saxony, and by the 17th century its first wooden tower was built. Today a stone look-out tower built in 1860 gives a spectacular panoramic view as far as the Vogtland district and the Bohemian Erzgebirge.