Violinist's head
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 View from the Köbelesberg to the Geigerskopf |
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| height | 436.2 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany | |
| Mountains | Black Forest | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 30 '21 " N , 8 ° 3' 24" E | |
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| particularities | Geigerskopfturm ( AT ) | |
The Geigerskopf in the Ortenaukreis is 436.2 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the northern Black Forest . It stands in the area of Bottenau and with its ridge separates the Hesselbach valley from the foothills of the Rhine valley .
Geigerskopfturm
The 20 m high Geigerskopf tower of the Oberkirch local group of the Black Forest Association stands on the Geigerskopf . The observation tower is made of metal and painted in rainbow colors. On July 18, 2000, the observation tower on the Geigerskopf was inaugurated. From the tower you have a view of the Rhine valley and, in good weather, as far as the opposite Vosges .
As early as 1884 there was a three-meter-high observation tower at the same place, which was replaced by a wooden tower in 1896. In 1909 a 14 m high steel tower was built, which existed until 1999.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Geigerskopfturm in Oberkirch on My Vacation in Germany
- ↑ Oberkirch - Around the Hesselbacher Tal. (No longer available online.) Schwarzwaldverein-oberkirch.de, archived from the original on January 13, 2014 ; accessed on January 13, 2014 . 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.
- ↑ The Black Forest Association was founded in Freiburg in 1864. schwarzwaldverein-oberkirch.de, accessed on January 13, 2014 .
- ^ Werner Siebler-Ferry: Lookout towers in the Black Forest. Schillinger Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, ISBN 3-89155-220-3 , p. 46.
