Great Homburg

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Great Homburg
View from the castle tower to the ruins of the Homburg

View from the castle tower to the ruins of the Homburg

height 403  m above sea level NN
location Holzminden district , Lower Saxony , Germany
Mountains Homburgwald , Weserbergland
Coordinates 51 ° 54 '7 "  N , 9 ° 38' 33"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '7 "  N , 9 ° 38' 33"  E
Großer Homburg (Lower Saxony)
Great Homburg
particularities Homburg ruins

The Great Homburg is 403  m above sea level. NN high mountain in the Homburgwald , part of the Weser Uplands in Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

The Große Homburg is located in the Holzminden district above or north of Stadtoldendorf and a few kilometers south of Eschershausen .

The ruins of the Homburg are located on the summit of the Great Homburg , from whose castle tower you can enjoy the view - for example, towards the south to Solling , where the Great Pale is the highest mountain in the Weser Uplands. On the western slope of the Great Homburg there are quarries where gypsum has been mined for centuries .

Below the mountain top is a trigonometric point at 398  m above sea level. NN .