The height
| The height | ||
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| height | 598 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Burbach ; District of Siegen-Wittgenstein , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Southern Hellerbergland , Siegerland or Westerwald | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 44 '21 " N , 8 ° 6' 29" E | |
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The height is one to 598 m above sea level. NHN towering ridge in the southern part of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ).
It forms on the Lahn - victory - or Heller - Dill -Wasserscheide the link between the most massive of the Kalteiche expiring Rothaargebirge the north and the High Westerwald in the south. In terms of nature , the Höh is part of the southern Hellerbergland and thus the Siegerland .
geography
location
"Die Höh" is located in the extreme southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia in the southern part of the Siegerland and lies in the municipal area of Burbach . It forms the natural border between the Upper Free Grund with Burbach and its parts of the municipality Wahlbach and Würgendorf in the north and the Hickengrund with the Burbach parts of the municipality Holzhausen, Niederdresselnorf and Lützeln in the east and south.
The Sieg tributary Heller flows north past the predominantly heavily forested “Höh” , east past the Haigerbach , which drains to the Dill, and south its tributary Lützelnbach . A section of the federal highway 54 runs southeast past the ridge between Haiger in the north and Rennerod in the south , and one of the Westerwald variant of the Rothaarsteig runs across .
mountains
The highest peak of "Hoh" is a nameless hilltop ( 598 m ) extending approximately half the straight line is between the nucleus and the Burbacher Burbacher Gemeindeteil Holzhausen. About 700 m south-southwest of it is the Kleine Stein ( 587.1 m ), 900 m southeast of it finally the Große Stein ( 546 m ). Both are each center of their own nature reserve named after them, whereby that of the Großer Stein is the significantly larger (80.3 ha vs. 4.35 ha).
history
On January 18 and 19, 2007, hurricane Kyrill raged, for example, in Germany and thus also on the "Höh". In the high mountain areas in particular, numerous trees were uprooted or buckled.