Ettelsberg
| Ettelsberg | ||
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 View from the Dommelturm to the southwest to the Ettelsberg |
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| height | 837.7 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Willingen , Waldeck-Frankenberg district , Hesse , Germany | |
| Mountains | Upland ( Rothaar Mountains ) | |
| Dominance | 0.9 km → Hegekopf | |
| Notch height | 40 m ↓ to the Hegekopf | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 16 ′ 40 " N , 8 ° 35 ′ 51" E | |
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| particularities | Location of the Hochheideturm | |
The Ettelsberg near Willingen is 837.7 m above sea level. NHN high mountain of the Rothaargebirge in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse . The mountain is known nationwide for its high heath , the "Willingen ski area" and the high heath tower .
geography
location
The Ettelsberg is located in the Upland , the northeast part of the Rothaargebirge, in the Diemelsee Nature Park . Its summit rises about 2 km south-southwest and above the center of Willingen . To the northwest, its landscape falls into the valley of the Hoppecke and to the northeast into that of the Itter .
Its neighboring mountains include Mühlenkopf (approx. 815 m ) in the south-southeast, Hegekopf ( 842.9 m ) in the south-southwest and Mittelberg ( 801 m ) in the west; About 2.5 km northwest of the Hoppecketal lies the Hoppernkopf ( 805 m ).
Natural allocation
The Ettelsberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (number 33), in the main unit Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland ) (333) and in the subunit Winterberger Hochland (333.5) to the natural area Langenberg (333.58). Its northern flank is part of the Inner Upland (333.90) natural area in the Upland subunit (333.9).
Mountain description
The Ettelsberg summit and its northern slope are covered by a high heath landscape, the other mountain slopes are forested. Part of the Willingen ski area is located on the northern slope , for example with the Ettelsberg cable car leading from Willingen up the mountain . Several forest and hiking trails open up the mountain.
Attractions
Hochheideturm
The 59 m high Hochheideturm , inaugurated in 2002, is located near the mountain summit and offers a good all-round view of large parts of the Rothaargebirge, Hochsauerland and Upland. The glazed viewing platform at a height of 875 m can be reached either with an eight-person elevator or via 241 steps. There is a climbing wall at the tower .
Cyril path
The hurricane Kyrill destroyed on 18 January 2007 large parts of the tree population on the mountain. An affected area was not cleared, but secured and made accessible to visitors. There you can balance over lying tree trunks on the 260 m long Kyrill path , climb over them or crawl under them. The nature trail is located south of the hilltop, a little above the 798 m high crossroads at the Großer Grube .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
- ↑ Martin Bürgener: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 111 Arolsen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. → Online map (PDF; 4.1 MB)
