Grendel (mountain)

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Grendel
Klingeberg (677.2 m, middle) and Bleßberg (866.9 m, with 195 m antenna, back right) in the Thuringian Slate Mountains near Eisfeld.  On the left, the Klingeberg turns into the Eckartsberg (760.4 m), underneath you can see the village of Waffenrod / Hinterrod on a mountain meadow;  on the right the town of Crock and the route of the A73 near Brünn / Thür.

Klingeberg (677.2 m, middle) and Bleßberg (866.9 m, with 195 m antenna, back right) in the Thuringian Slate Mountains near Eisfeld . On the left, the Klingeberg turns into the Eckartsberg (760.4 m), underneath you can see the village of Waffenrod / Hinterrod on a mountain meadow; on the right the town of Crock and the route of the A73 near Brünn / Thür.

height 787.2  m above sea level NHN
location Thuringia, Germany
Mountains Thuringian Slate Mountains
Coordinates 50 ° 28 '46 "  N , 10 ° 56' 24"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '46 "  N , 10 ° 56' 24"  E
Grendel (mountain) (Thuringia)
Grendel (mountain)

The Grendel is 787.2  m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Thuringian Slate Mountains in the Hildburghausen district near the mountain village of Waffenrod / Hinterrod , which belongs to the town of Eisfeld . It is part of a mountain range that flattens out to the west and is bounded by the Biber lock- tributary to the north and the Werra to the south-east and south . Without crossing any valleys worth mentioning, the z. The (secondary) peaks Eckartsberg (760.4 m) and Klingeberg (677.2 m) in the southwest and the eastern Frohnberg (791.1 m) can be reached in some places.

Strictly speaking, all these peaks belong to the massif of the Eselsberg (841.5 m) located a few km to the northeast near Masserberg , which can be reached without having to cross the valley.

The 624.6 m high Priemäusel adjoins the massif in the west, where the low mountain range merges into more moderate mountainous terrain , which already appears clearly separated and can be viewed as an independent mountain. Behind the Werra follow in the southeastern Bleßberg (866.9 m) and to the east the unlucky Leite (838.7 m), while in the north behind the beaver of Simmerberg connects (780.8 m).

Schnett , Grendel (787.2 m) and Bleßberg (866.9 m) of Simmerberg from
View from Simmersberg (780.8 m) to Schnett (in the foreground) and Waffenrod / Hinterrod (in the background, between Eckartsberg (760.4 m, left) and Klingeberg (677.2 m, right))

From Eckartsberg you can enjoy a very good all-round view of Schnett with the Simmersberg, various mountains of the Thuringian Forest , Dolmar and the Gleichbergen .

Großer (679 m) and Kleiner (641.3 m) Gleichberg from Eckartsberg; on the far left the Klingeberg (677.2 m), on the far right the Priemäusel (624.6 m), on the left behind the Solaberg (577.3 m)
View from Eckartsberg to Schnett and the Simmersberg (780.8 m, right) with its secondary summit Kohlberg (730.3 m, center). In between, the Adlersberg (849.9 m) with the Neuhäuser Hill (890.6 m) can be seen in the background . To the left of the Kohlberg, the Suhl- Friedberg industrial area and the Little Thuringian Forest with Schleusinger Berg (663.2 m) and Schneeberg (692.4 m) follow in the background . In the foreground is the village of Waffenrod / Hinterrod .
Overall view : on the
left the large (679 m) and the small (641.3 m) Gleichberg in the grave field behind the Klingeberg (677.2 m); right of the middle of the Priemäusel (624.6 m) in front of the Solaberg (577.3 m, left of it) in the
red sandstone foreland ; right of the center of the picture in the background the industrial area Suhl- Friedberg and the Small Thuringian Forest with Schneeberg (692.4 m) and Schleusinger Berg (663.2 m). To the right follows the Kohlberg (730.3 m), which continues right into the Simmersberg (780.8 m) with the village of Schnett ; in between in the background the Adlersberg (849.9 m) with the Neuhäuser hill (890.6 m) in the higher Thuringian Forest , on the right in the foreground the village of Waffenrod / Hinterrod can be seen , which is separated from the Simmersberg by the deep Bibertal .

See also

List of mountains and elevations in Thuringia

Individual evidence

  1. a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )