Great Kahlenberg
| Great Kahlenberg / Kahlenberg | ||
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 View from Kalbenberg south-east to the Großer Kahlenberg |
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| height | 401.1 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Breitfurt ; Saarpfalz-Kreis , Saarland ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Bliesgau | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 11 '8 " N , 7 ° 16' 20" E | |
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| particularities | Alexander Tower ( AT ruin) | |
The Große Kahlenberg (mostly just called Kahlenberg ) near Breitfurt in the Saar- Palatinate district is 401.1 m above sea level. NHN the highest mountain in the Bliesgau .
The mountain is the location of the ground floor ruins of the Alexanderturm observation tower .
geography
location
The Große Kahlenberg lies in the east of the Bliesgau in the southeast part of the Saarpfalz district. Its summit rises 2.3 km south-east of Breitfurt (to whose district it belongs), 1.5 km west-north-west of Böckweiler , 2.3 km north-north-west of Pinningen (formerly Neualtheim), 2.8 km north of Seyweiler and 2.9 km km northeast of Bliesdalheim ; Breitfurt, Böckweiler and Pinningen are districts of Blieskastel , which is just 6 km to the north , Seyweiler and Bliesdalheim are districts of Gersheim, which is around 6.5 km (as the crow flies ) to the southwest . A little northeast of the hilltop is the Kahlenberger Hof and not far to the west is the Kirchheimer Hof. The Blies flows a few kilometers to the west , its tributary Hetschenbach in the southwest and a little east of the Hornbach tributary Bickenalb . A terrain spur leads north to the Kahler Berg ( 364.5 m ) 1.5 km away .
Natural allocation
The Große Kahlenberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Palatinate-Saarland Muschelkalkgebiet (No. 18), in the main unit Saar-Blies-Gau (181) and in the subunit Bliesgau high areas (181.1) to the natural area Kahlenberg high area (181.11).
geology
On the slope of the Großer Kahlenberg you will find the middle limestone and the upper limestone on its summit .
Protected areas
Parts of the landscape protection area Blieskastel (old district Homburg, area XII) ( CDDA no. 390148; 1973 designated; 3.91 km² in size) are located on the Großer Kahlenberg . In the summit area and south-west of it is the nature reserve Bockweiler Wald - core zone (CDDA no. 378061; 2007; 58 hectares ). On the eastern flank of the mountain is the fauna-flora-habitat area surrounding Böckweiler (west) (FFH No. 6809-304; 52 ha).
Alexander Tower
History and description
On the Großer Kahlenberg, the 26.35 m high viewing tower Alexanderturm was completed in 1893 , which was also called "Böckweiler viewing tower" because of its proximity to Böckweiler and was visible from afar.
Nowadays only the ruins of the tower's ground floor, consisting of thick red sandstone blocks, remain. The square floor plan has a side length of 5 m, on which a stair tower rose, crowned by a viewing platform . The inner diameter of the upper platform was 2.70 m. According to different statements, 141 or 142 steps led up.
The inscription on the sandstone plaque above the former tower entrance on the ground floor recalls the builder, Baron Alexandre Jacomin de Malespine (1821–1893): "" Alexandersthurm "- dedicated to nature lovers by Baron Alexandre Jacomin de Malespine, landowner on the Kirchheimerhof."
A few days after the start of the Second World War , at midnight on September 9-10 , 1939, the Alexander Tower and the Bliesdalheimer Bliesbrücke to the southwest were blown up by Wehrmacht pioneers.
There were already votes in favor of rebuilding the Alexander Tower in the 1950s. Since 2005 the "Fördergemeinschaft Wiederaufbau Alexanderturm e. V. ”to rebuild it true to the original and hopes for financial support.
Opportunities for viewing
In good visibility conditions, one could enjoy a panoramic view from the viewing platform of the Alexander Tower : the view extended to the northeast to the Donnersberg , to the east to the Palatinate Forest and Haardt and to the southeast to the Vosges .
Traffic and walking
To the west past the Großer Kahlenberg the state road 105 runs between Breitfurt and Bliesdalheim , to the east the L 103 runs through Böckweiler and to the southeast the L 201 runs through Pinningen and Seyweiler. There are no roads leading up the mountain. However, its summit with the tower ruins can be reached on well-signposted hiking trails that also pass through the Kahlenberger Hof and Kirchheimer Hof.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Geological map of the Saarland , scale 1: 50000, publisher: Geological State Office of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, 1981
- ↑ a b c d e f Tower data and number of tower steps 142 according to The former Alexander Tower on bliesdalheim.de
- ↑ a b Board inscription and number of tower steps 141 according to the school hike to the “Böckweiler observation tower” on bliesdalheim.de