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{{short description|Mountain in Switzerland}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Weissenstein
| other_name = Röti
| photo = Feldbrunnen042.jpg
| photo_caption = View from Feldbrunnen (south side)
| elevation_m = 1395
| elevation_ref = 
| prominence_m = 213
| prominence_ref = <ref>Retrieved from the [[Swisstopo]] topographic maps. The key col is located south of the Dilitschchopf at 1,182 metres.</ref>
| isolation_km = 5.9
| isolation_ref = <ref>Retrieved from [[Google Earth]]. The nearest point of higher elevation is east of the [[Hasenmatt]].</ref>
| parent_peak = [[Hasenmatt]]
| map = Switzerland
| map_caption = Location in Switzerland
| location = [[Canton of Solothurn|Solothurn]], [[Switzerland]]
| range = [[Jura Mountains]]
| coordinates = {{coord|47|15|07|N|7|30|33|E|type:mountain_region:CH-SO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| topo = 
| type = 
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = 
}}

[[File:Weissen04.JPG|thumb|Weissenstein chair lift]]
The '''Weissenstein''' ({{cvt|1395|m|disp=sqbr}}) is a [[mountain]] of the [[Jura Mountains|Jura]], located north of [[Solothurn]] in the Swiss [[canton of Solothurn]]. The culminating point of the chain is distinguished by the name {{lang|de|Röti}}. It is the easternmost summit above 1,300 metres in the Jura Mountains.

Until the end of 2009, there was a {{convert|2339|m|adj=on}} [[chairlift]] from [[Oberdorf, Solothurn|Oberdorf]] to the spa [[hotel]] on the {{convert|1284|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} summit near the [[Weissenstein Pass]]. It was replaced by a [[gondola lift]] at the end of 2014. The [[tunnel]] of the [[railway]] line Solothurn–[[Moutier]] from Oberdorf to [[Gänsbrunnen]] on the other side was opened in 1908. The gondola lift crosses the railway track in front of the tunnel portal at Oberdorf, which is the only setting of this kind in Switzerland.{{cn|date=December 2024}}<!-- ? -->

The [[pass road]] leading from the village of Oberdorf across the [[Weissenstein Pass]] ({{cvt|1279|m|disp=sqbr}}) to Gänsbrunnen is one of the steepest in Switzerland (22%).

{{Wide image|Panorama_Weissenstein.jpg|1500px|180° Panorama-view at Weissenstein}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://seilbahn-weissenstein.ch/ Seilbahn Weissenstein], the gondola lift operator, in German.
* [http://www.hikr.org/dir/Röti_4445/ Weissenstein on Hikr]
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[[Category:Mountains of Switzerland]]
[[Category:Mountains of the canton of Solothurn]]
[[Category:Mountains of the Jura]]
[[Category:One-thousanders of Switzerland]]


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