Peterberg Observatory near Braunshausen
In Braunshausen the stars feel within reach. Above the ski-lift station on the Peterberg stands the observatory, opened in 1997 by the Saarland's amateur astronomers.

In Braunshausen the stars feel within reach. Above the ski-lift station on the Peterberg stands the observatory, opened in 1997 by the Saarland's amateur astronomers.
Attractions nearby

Saarbrücken
St. Arnual Dragon's Teeth (Westwall)
A 700-meter line of Westwall anti-tank obstacles on the Petersberg in Saarbrücken-St. Arnual - the final construction phase of 1940, now a listed monument.

Saarbrücken
The Burning Mountain near Dudweiler
Not really a mountain but a rocky ravine - a coal seam has been smoldering inside it for more than 300 years. Goethe visited the Burning Mountain in 1770.

Merzig
Werner Freund Wolf Park
One of the world's largest wolf enclosures near Merzig, where researcher Werner Freund lived among several packs.