Ameisberg (southern Bohemian Forest foothills)

Ameisberg
Ameisbergwarte
height	941  m above sea level A.
location	Mühlviertel , Upper Austria
Mountains	Southern Bohemian Forest foothills
Dominance	16.3 km →  Hochbuchet
Notch height	253 m ↓  at Vordernebelberg
Coordinates	48 ° 33 '18 "  N , 13 ° 50' 2"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '18 "  N , 13 ° 50' 2"  E
rock	granite
Development	1903
particularities	Ameisbergwarte ( AT )

The Ameisberg (941 m) is a mountain in the west of the Upper Austrian Mühlviertel and the highest point of the so-called Ameisberg range (east of the Ranna valley ). It is located in the municipality of Atzesberg .

Surrounding communities are Putzleinsdorf , Sarleinsbach , Kollerschlag , Oberkappel and Pfarrkirchen .

Ameisbergwarte

At the summit of the Ameisberg there is the 24 meter high Ameisbergwarte, which offers a panoramic view from the Bohemian Forest in the north to the Alps in the south. The lookout tower was built in 1903 by the writer, pastor and dean Norbert Hanrieder together with the lawyer Moritz Scheibl, the adjoining inn the following year. The control room is one of the most important trigonometric points on the Austrian-Bavarian border.
Standing on top of the Ameisberg, it also adorns Atzesberg's municipal coat of arms : “In blue on a silver hill, inside three green fir trees, one by two, of which the top of the top protrudes over the hill, the golden east facade of the Ameisbergwarte. "

Ameisberg transmitter

There is an ORS transmitter at the Ameisbergwarte tower . The following television programs are broadcast:

channel	Frequency (in MHz)	Multiplex	Programs in multiplex	ERP (in kW)	Antenna diagram round (ND), directional (D)	Polarization horizontal (H), vertical (V)
38	610	MUX A-ON	ORF one ORF 2 Upper Austria ORF 2 Lower Austria ATV	0.05	ND	H

literature

• Vitus & Josefa Ecker: Ameisberg - 90 years Ameisbergwarte 1902 - 1992 . Self-published by the municipality of Atzesberg, [Atzesberg] 1992.

Web links

Description of the Ameisbergwarte with opening times

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Channel list Upper Austria. Österreichische Rundfunksender GmbH , May 28, 2014, accessed on August 11, 2014 .