Eichelberg (Odenwald)
| Eichelberg | ||
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.JPG) View from Ursenbacher Höhe to Eichelberg and Wildeleutstein; on the right edge of the picture the flint hump |
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| height | 525.3 m above sea level NHN | |
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Baden-Württemberg
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| Mountains | Odenwald | |
| Dominance | 3.75 km → Schriesheimer Kopf | |
| Notch height | 93 m ↓ Wilhelmsfeld | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 29 '58 " N , 8 ° 44' 39" E | |
| Topo map | LAGIS Hessen | |
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| particularities | Eichelbergturm ( AT ) | |
The Eichelberg is 525.3 m above sea level. NHN high wooded mountain of the Vorderen Odenwald . It is located in the Oberflockenbach district of Weinheim in the Rhein-Neckar district of Baden-Württemberg .
The Eichelbergturm observation tower , also known as the Mannheimer Hütte , stands on the mountain . A secondary peak is the 522 m high Wildeleutstein .
geography
location
The Eichelberg in the Odenwald is about 6 km east of the mountain road between Oberflockenbach in the northwest and Steinklingen in the north, both districts of Weinheim, Lampenhain in the east, a district of Heiligkreuzsteinach , as well as Altenbach in the south and Ursenbach in the west-southwest, both districts of Schriesheim ; from all of them its summit is less than two kilometers away. Its ridge is about 1.5 km long and oriented roughly west-east.
Natural allocation
The Eichelberg belongs in the natural spatial main unit group Odenwald, Spessart and Südrhön (No. 14) and in the main unit Vorderer Odenwald (145) to the subunit Eichelberg-Odenwald (145.1).
Landscape image
From the west the mountain rises about 150 m over the saddle of the Ursenbacher Höhe ( 369 m ) between Ursenbach and Oberflockenbach, initially steeply to a northern spur, on the small plateau of which there are large rocks that show the typical rounded shapes of weathered granite ; then a ridge to the southeast to the summit. After an incision in the terrain and the following secondary peak of the Wildeleutstein, the ridge runs out flat about 70 m below the summit in the pass of the Hohen Straße ( 456 m ) between Altenbach and Lampenhain. Seen from the northern edge of Altenbach in the south, the mountain rises abruptly by more than 200 m above a side valley of the upper Kanzelbach.
Flowing waters
The northern slope of the Eichelberg drains into tributaries of the Grundelbach , which flows into the Weschnitz in the center of Weinheim , which is heading towards the Rhine . The southern slope drains to the Kanzelbach , which leaves the Odenwald in Schriesheim an der Bergstrasse and flows further down into the Neckar . The area east of the Hohe Straße is in the catchment area of the Steinach , which flows south to Neckarsteinach and there still reaches the Neckar in the Odenwald.
Wildeleutstein
The legendary secondary summit Wildeleutstein ( Wildeleutestein ; ⊙ ; 522 m ) is located about 300 m southeast of the main summit on a flat knoll, on the south side of which a small slope is exposed in the rock. An information board reports on history and legend.
Protected areas
Parts of the protected landscape area Bergstrasse-Nord ( CDDA no. 319894; designated 1997; 65.0085 km² ) are located on the Eichelberg . On its southern slope is a small area of the fauna-flora-habitat area Odenwald near Schriesheim (FFH no. 6518-341; 8.4023 km²).
Eichelberg Tower
On the summit of the Eichelberg stands the stone Eichelbergturm built in 1911, about 11 m high, which is also known as the Mannheimer Hütte . In the observation tower there is a room on the first and second floor, which is managed by members of the Mannheim branch of the Odenwald Club from the beginning of April to the end of November on Sundays and public holidays. Outside of these times, the tower with its viewing platform is closed. There are three information boards on the platform with visual targets; In addition to the view in the Odenwald, it allows a westward view of the Rhine plain. On the northeast wall of the tower there is a memorial plaque for the members of the Mannheim-Ludwigshafen local group who died in the two world wars.
Traffic and walking
There are no roads over the Eichelberg. However, it can be bypassed on roads that lead through the surrounding towns. District road 4124 runs through Oberflockenbach in the north-west, Steinklingen to the east and Wünschmichelbach to the north-north-east of it. In the north it merges with K 16, which meets L 3257 in Trösel . The latter leads far northeast of the mountain through Trösel and Kundenbach to Unter-Abtsteinach . There it meets the L 535. From this road, the K 4123 branches off, which runs east of the mountain through Hilsenhain , past Galgenbusch and through Bärsbach and Lampenhain. It then meets the state road 596 leading south of the mountain to Altenbach , which runs west of the mountain through Ursenbach and Rippenweier . From this road branches off east of Rittenweier from the K 4124 leading back to Oberflockenbach.
Over the mountain peaks and pass the Eichelsberg tower leads with elongate Ostbogen Odenwald from Weinheim to Heidelberg in the southern Red-dash trail of Odenwaldklub , which an elongated portion with the Odenwald-Vosges-way splits. A south-facing hiking trail in the western Odenwald from Weinheim- Birkenau in the north to Heidelberg- Ziegelhausen in the south, marked with a white St. Andrew's cross, runs along its north-eastern slope. The path leading from Leutershausen east into the Odenwald, marked with two parallel yellow bars, passes the summit on its southwest slope; At the western foot of the mountain, a footpath branches off to the left, which climbs steeply to the summit region and passes large granite boulders with weathered wool sacks on a terrain platform . All three marked trails meet less than a kilometer east-south-east of the summit, to which another trail leads from the hut over the Wildeleutstein. The UNESCO Geopark Path Stones, Gorges and Legends and the Geopark Path Weinheim-Schriesheim also lead over the summit . The European long-distance hiking trail E1 also leads over the northeast slope .
gallery
Eichelberg Tower
Away from the Ursenbacher Höhe to the Eichelberg
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References and comments
- ↑ a b c d e Eichelberg in map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
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↑ The Eichelberg lies in the transition area of these natural space sheets:
- Sheet 151 (on the southern edge; in the center left; with mountain name):
Otto Klausing: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 151 Darmstadt. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1967. → Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB); - Sheet 161 (on the north edge; in the middle left; without mountain name):
Josef Schmithüsen : Geographical survey of the country: The natural spatial units on sheet 161 Karlsruhe. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1952. → Online map (PDF; 5.1 MB)
- Sheet 151 (on the southern edge; in the center left; with mountain name):
- ^ Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg north.
- ↑ Legend of the "wild people" from Eichelberg , topographical hiking map, on wanderwalter.de
- ↑ a b The Eichelbergturm , at the Odenwaldklub Mannheim e. V.
- ↑ The hiking homes of the Odenwald Club ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on odenwaldklub.de
