Benderplatz

Benderplatz
	Benderplatz
Pass height	565.5 m above sea level NHN
Mountains	Palatinate Forest
	Map (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Coordinates	49 ° 17 ′ 33 " N , 8 ° 1 ′ 45" E Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 33 " N , 8 ° 1 ′ 45" E

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The Benderplatz is an approximately 565.5 m high mountain pass in the Middle Palatinate Forest , part of the low mountain range Palatinate Forest , in Rhineland-Palatinate . The pass lies on the border of the municipalities of Gommersheim (Gommersheimer Wald) and Rhodt unter Rietburg .

Geographical location

The Benderplatz is located in the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve and in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park . It forms the saddle between the Steigerkopf ( 613.6 m ) and the Sauhag ( 628 m ), a secondary peak of the Kesselberg ( 661.8 m ), which is the second highest mountain in the Palatinate Forest after the Kalmit ( 672.6 m ).

Flowing waters

The Triefenbach rises northeast of the Benderplatz and its first tributary is the Saulhag creek. In the southwest is the Küchental as a small side valley of the Modenbach valley . The Küchentalbach drains into the Modenbach .

history

Knight stone

The top of the pass is named after Friedrich Bender (1869–1932). He was one of the co-founders of the Edenkoben local association of the Palatinate Forest Association. A knight's stone on the edge of Benderplatz reminds of him .

Hiking and refuges

The Benderplatz is a central junction ( path spider ) in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park , which can be reached on hiking trails from the north from the Edenkobener Valley and from the south from the Modenbachtal. The closest peak can be climbed the Steigerkopf ( 613.6 m ) with the Schänzelturm . A hiking trail leads over the Sauhag to the summit of the Kesselberg. Hiking trails lead past the Kesselberg to Kohlplatz ( 465.9 m ) or past the Steigerkopf to Lolosruhe ( 573.8 m ). The Frankenberg ( 556.6 m ) with the remains of the Frankenburg on the Frankenfelsen can also be reached. The Amicitia Hut , the Nello Hut and the Edenkobener Hut at the Hüttenbrunnen are managed shelters by the Palatinate Forest Association . Other managed huts are the Naturfreundehaus on Steigerkopf and the forester's house Heldenstein .

Forester's house Heldenstein	Steigerkopf Lolosruhe Forsthaus Heldenstein	Friends of nature house on the Steigerkopf
Forsthaus Heldenstein Modenbachtal		Edenkobener Valley Edenkobener Hut at the Hüttenbrunnen
Kitchen head	Kohlplatz Amicitiahütte Nellohütte Frankenberg	Saulhag Kesselberg

Individual evidence

^ LANIS: Benderplatz. Retrieved January 13, 2019 (topographic map).

↑ GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )

Web links

Commons : Benderplatz - collection of images, videos and audio files

[LANIS-1] LANIS: Benderplatz. Retrieved January 13, 2019 (topographic map).