 Its highest point has an elevation of 288 metres above sea level (NN).The wood that lies not far from the former Inner German Border that ran along the Großes Bruch has an east-west extent of about 4 kilometres and also measures about 4 kilometres from north to south.The region known as "Woods of the Fallstein" ("Waldgebiet des Fallstein") is a protected area; around 71 hectares of it are a nature reserve.