Hohburger Berge Rock climbing 677 routes in crag

The Hohburger Berge are series of quarz-porphyr hills rising up to 120m above the surrounding Leipzig Basin.

A site of intense mining in the 19th an early 20th centuries, the region contains many closed-down quarries and has received attention from aspiring alpinists beginning in the early 20th century.

In the modern era, several old quarries have been repurposed as popular sport climbing crags, thanks to the work of the DAV Leipzig and IG Klettern Halle-Löbejün.

For fans of unroped climbing, there are plenty of natural stone outcrops and strewn boulders with defined problems, nicknamed "Hohbleau".