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Scharfenstein may refer to:
- a district of Drebach in Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony
Scharfenstein is the name of the following geographic features:
- Scharfenstein (Ilsenburg), a mountain in the Harz Mountains of Germany
- Scharfenstein (Lusatian Mountains), Oybin in Saxony, Germany, known as the Lusatian Matterhorn
- Scharfenstein (Wernigerode), a hill in the Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Scharfenstein, an extinct basalt volcano near Gudensberg, Hesse, Germany
- Scharfenstein, German name of the Slovakian mountain, Záruby
Scharfenstein is the name of the following castles:
- Scharfenstein Castle (Eichsfeld), Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany
- Scharfenstein Castle (Ore Mountains), Saxony, Germany
- Scharfenstein Castle (Kiedrich), in Kiedrich in Hesse, Germany
- Scharfenstein Castle (Black Forest), Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- German name of a castle in the Central Bohemian Uplands in Czech Republic, see Šarfenštejn Castle
- German name of Ostrý Castle in Czech Republic
- German name of Ostrý Kameň Castle in Slovakia (Hrad Ostrý Kameň)
The Scharfenstein (English: Sharp Stone) is a rock and about 25 metres high, situated in the Lusatian Mountains. It sits on a mountain with an elevation of 569 metres in the German southeastern state of Saxony. Due to its distinctive shape it is also called the " Upper-Lusatian Matterhorn" by the locals. The rock can be accessed via ladders and a staircase from the south and is one of the most famous look-outs in the Zittau Mountains.
' Scharfenstein' is a hill composed of basalt in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district of North Hesse, Germany. It is the remains of one of a number of extinct volcanoes in the West Hesse Depression.
The Scharfenstein is a mountain, high, in the Harz Mountains of Germany, near Ilsenburg in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt. It is part of the Harz National Park.
The Scharfenstein is a high hill spur of the Eichberg-Süd in the Harz Mountains of Germany, near the town of Wernigerode in the county of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt.