--- title: "To the Imperial Crown and the Compass Stone (Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna)" url: "https://web.destination.one/en/tour/kaiserkrone-zirkelstein-reinhardtsdorf-schoena" description: "Schöna Village Square - Kaiserkrone - Zirkelstein - Schöna Village Square" language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://dam.destination.one/2867206/af3ee193b04173bd0b068f076d14dcd25b235b7aa175696c395dd365aecea4c5/blick-von-der-kaiserkrone-zum-zirkelstein.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Homepage > Special > Destination.Data Details > Tour" --- GPX Share To the Imperial Crown and the Compass Stone (Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna) =================================================================== - 5.32 km long - Round trip - Difficulty: medium - Condition: easy - Great panorama - Hiking Blick von der Kaiserkrone zum Zirkelstein - 1:40 h - 5.32 km - 167 m - 167 m - 249 m - 341 m - 92 m - - Start: Schöna Village Square - Destination: Schöna Village Square A leisurely hike up the smallest table mountain in Saxon Switzerland. Caspar David Friedrich once wandered these hills. His is arguably the best-known painting of the German Romantic period. It depicts a well-to-do hiker in a frock coat and with a walking stick, on a rock in and gazing at a landscape of partly bizarrely shaped mountain peaks rising from billowing morning fog. The landscape depicted in the painting is Saxon Switzerland. For Friedrich, who spent most of his life in Dresden, the nearby rocky landscape was a place of longing, inspiration, and refuge in a world that had fallen apart. Schöna Village Square - Kaiserkrone - Zirkelstein - Schöna Village Square Read more Good to know ------------ Pavements Street (1%) Asphalt (9%) Gravel (18%) Trail (43%) Path (29%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Directions The tour starts at the village square in Schöna. The trail follows the Caspar David Friedrich Trail up to the Kaiserkrone. Incidentally, the Kaiserkrone is the heavily eroded remnant of a table mountain. Three different viewpoints offer an impressive panorama featuring the Schrammstein Range, the Großer Winterberg, and Bohemian Switzerland.The tour then leads across flat terrain to the Zirkelstein, considered the smallest of the local table mountains. A series of iron ladders leads up to the rocky plateau. A worthwhile stop after the hike is the “Am Zirkelstein” inn in Schöna, where delicious dishes are lovingly prepared. Read more Tour information - Loop Road - Stop at an Inn - Summit Equipment Hiking boots, food Read more Directions & Parking facilities **Getting there**Plan a route with Google Maps to the starting point at Dorfplatz Schöna: https://goo.gl/maps/Ct6faph9YMDB5U6A6 Read more **Parking**A limited number of parking spaces are available at the Zirkelstein parking lot (address: Am Marktweg 116). Read more **Public transportation**Bus Route Bad Schandau – Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna) or take to Schöna and then walk along Malerweg Read more Additional information Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna Tourist Information OfficeTel.: +49 35028 80737 Read more Literature "" (Published by: Saxon Switzerland Tourism Association)Order here: Read more Author Mandy Krebs Organization Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz License (master data) Mandy Krebs Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author This tour can be booked as a culinary hike through , for example as a family event. Read more Map Order here: Read more Nearby ------ View on map - Event - Other - Hike - Place of interest - Church - Tours 10.20 km - Hiking 5.33 km - Hiking 22.34 km - Hiking Contact 01814 Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna Download GPX file - -