Climont
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 Climont, hamlet and mountain |
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| height | 965 m | |
| location | Alsace , Bas-Rhin department , Grand Est region , France | |
| Mountains | Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 20 '42 " N , 7 ° 11' 0" E | |
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| particularities | Juliusturm ( AT ) | |
The Climont (German 1916-18 Winberg ) is a 965 m high mountain in Alsace in the municipality of Urbeis in the Vosges in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region , France .
The Climont sits as a mighty red sandstone block on the granite bedrock. A special feature is its distinctive trapezoidal peak. The Breusch and Giessen , both tributaries of the Ill, have their source at the Climont . At the 670 meter high hamlet of Climont, a former Mennonite settlement , a road connection leads from the hamlet to the Breuschtal.
history
Until 1871 the Climont belonged to the then Lorraine Département Vosges , later to Alsace. In 1897 the Vosges Club erected the 17-meter-high Juliusturm (Tour Jules) on the summit , named after Julius Euting, who was chairman at the time . The platform offers a view of the Central Vosges.
Juliusturm
Overgrown Mennonite cemetery in the municipality of Urbeis
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement regarding the change of French outlying town names, from August 20, 1916. Frhr. von Tschammer , Department of the Interior, Ministry for Alsace-Lorraine .