Birkenberg (Frankenhöhe)
| Birkenberg | ||
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| height | 547 m above sea level NHN | |
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Bavaria
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| Mountains | Swiss franc amount | |
| Dominance | 1.5 km → Hornberg | |
| Notch height | 53 m | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 12 '45 " N , 10 ° 9' 40" E | |
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| rock | upper middle keuper | |
The Birkenberg is 547 m above sea level. NN is the second highest mountain in Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg located Frankenhöhe .
The Birkenberg is located in the Bavarian district of Ansbach around 2 km north-northwest of Schnelldorf and around 950 m west-northwest of the "Schnelldorf" junction on the A 6 . The motorway runs parallel to its own course at just over 500 m above sea level. NN over its southern slope foot, about 200 m from its highest point. The mountain is a ridge extending in the west-southwest direction, almost 900 meters from the summit there is the 536 m above sea level. NN high secondary peaks of the Ochsenberg . On its north-east and east side, the state or regional road "L 2222" runs around the Birkenberg and connects the Bavarian Schnelldorf via the motorway junction with Michelbach an der Lücke in Baden-Württemberg .
About 500 meters north of its summit, the Hengstbach rises from the Diebsquelle at the northern foot of the Birkenberg , it flows west and ultimately drains over the Wallhäuser Weidenbach to the Rhine . The headwaters of the Heckelbach lies about twice as far to the northeast on the southern slope of the Hornberg.This stream initially flows 1.4 km east of the Birkenbergkuppe through the small Erlensee , where a campsite is located, and then drains via Ampfrach and Wörnitz to the Danube . The main European watershed runs across the saddle from the summit of the Birkenberg to the Hornberg, about 1.5 km northeast of it, which is the highest mountain in the Frankenhöhe, across the morphological basin from the two upper brook valleys used by the state road .
The heavily forested mountain top of the Birkenberg can only be reached on forest trails.