Grand Wintersberg
| Grand Wintersberg | ||
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 The observation tower |
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| height | 581 m | |
| location | Alsace , France | |
| Mountains | Vosges | |
| Dominance | 34.3 km → Weißenberg (Palatinate Forest) , 609.9 m | |
| Notch height | 331 m ↓ Waldecker Hubel, saddle between Erbsenberg and kl. Steinberg, 250 m ; Reference: Mühlenberg (Palatinate Forest) 590.8 m | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 58 '43 " N , 7 ° 36' 53" E | |
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| rock | Buntsandstein rock unit : Lower Buntsandstein (Rehberg and Schlossberg layers) | |
| Age of the rock | 251–243 million years | |
The Grand Wintersberg (German Great Wintersberg ) is at 581 m the highest mountain in the Northern Vosges in Alsace , France .
The Grand Wintersberg is located about four kilometers northwest of Niederbronn-les-Bains . The mountain range separates the valleys of the Falkensteinerbach and the Schwarzbach . On its summit, which is made of red sandstone , there is a 25 m high observation tower , which offers hikers an excellent panoramic view over the Northern Vosges, the Palatinate Forest and the Upper Rhine Plain to the Black Forest . With very good visibility, two Swiss Alpine peaks can be seen, Mönch and Altels .
In the 514 meter high saddle between the Big and Small Wintersberg (Col de la Liese) there is a hut "Chalet du Wintersberg" managed by the Vosges Club and the Liese , a Gallo-Roman , sphinx-like sandstone relief . Celtic relics can also be found on the goat mountain to the southeast .
Web links
- Großer Wintersberg in the Pässelexikon from quaeldich.de ( accessed : January 6, 2010)
- Panoramic view of the Rhine plain from Wintersberg (accessed July 1, 2014)