Fürstenbrunnen (ox head)
| Fürstenbrunnen | ||||
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| location | ||||
| Country or region | Bayreuth district , Upper Franconia ( Bavaria ) | |||
| Coordinates | 50 ° 1 ′ 22 " N , 11 ° 48 ′ 45" E | |||
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| geology | ||||
| Mountains | Fichtel Mountains | |||
| Hydrology | ||||
| River system | Rhine | |||
| Receiving waters | Warm Steinach → Roter Main → Main → Rhine → North Sea | |||
Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '22 " N , 11 ° 48' 45" E
The Fürstenbrunnen is a contained spring near Fichtelberg in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia .
location
There are two sources close together, the Obere Fürstenbrunnen at 940 m above sea level. NN ( location ) and the Lower Fürstenbrunnen at 887 m above sea level. NN ( location ). Both are located near the European main watershed on the southeast slope of the Ochsenkopf (1024 m), the second highest mountain in the Fichtelgebirge . The stream that rises at the Fürstenbrunnen flows over the Warm Steinach into the Red Main . The blue and white marked hiking trail from Warmensteinach to the Ochsenkopf summit leads past the Fürstenbrunnen . It is not to be confused with the Weißmainquelle, also known as the Fürstenbrunnen .
Source version
It is not known when the source was first drafted. A new granite stone surround was inaugurated on July 20, 2013. The initiative to collect the spring came from the Oberwarmensteinach local group of the Fichtelgebirgsverein .
literature
- The Siebenstern - association magazine of the Fichtelgebirgsverein eV, issue 5/2013
- Fichtelgebirge Nature Park and Steinwald Nature Park , Fritsch hiking map No. 52, scale 1: 50,000, ISBN 978-3-86116-052-6 .
