Hornbeam head
| Hornbeam head | ||
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 View from the Hausbergturm to the Bodenroder Kuppen with the Hesselberg (left), the Hornbeam head and the Hintersten Kopf (middle, flat undulating), the Gickel (sloping to the right, slight bulge) and part of the Gaulskopf (far right), with the houses in front of it from Espa |
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| height | 492.3 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Bodenrod ; Wetteraukreis , Hessen ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Taunus | |
| Dominance | 0.5 km → Gickel | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 24 ′ 20 " N , 8 ° 34 ′ 23" E | |
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The hornbeam head near Bodenrod in the Hessian Wetteraukreis is 492.3 m above sea level. NHN high northeast foothills of the Gickel ( 505.1 m ) in the Taunus .
geography
location
The wooded hornbeam head is located in the northeast of the Eastern Hintertaunus in the Taunus Nature Park . Located in the Butzbach forest , its summit rises 1.4 km northeast of the Butzbach district of Bodenrod (to Butzbach in the Wetteraukreis ), 2.4 km southwest of Espa (to Langgöns ; district of Gießen ) and 1.8 km (depending on the beeline ) southeast of Weiperfelden ( Waldsolms ; Lahn-Dill district ).
Neighboring mountains
The neighboring elevations of the Hainbuchenkopf as the north-east foothills of the Gickel ( 505.1 m ) include the 900 m south-south-west located Hesselberg (approx. 518 m ), the Hinterste Kopf ( 491.1 m ), which can be reached via a gap in the north-northeast , the 2 km east lying Brüler Berg ( 424.2 m ), the 3.5 km east-northeast location mountain ( 485.7 m ) and 2.4 km (each distance) west-northwest lying Hardenberg ( 439.4 m ).
Watershed and rivers
The hornbeam head lies on the watershed between the Lahn and Main , two tributaries of the Rhine . The upper reaches of the Lahn tributary Solmsbach , which rises in Espa and which is fed in Weiperfelden by a small brook on the north-west flank of the elevation and by the Eichelbach flowing north a little west of the elevation from Bodenrod , runs north-west past the source near the source . To the east lies the source of the Fauerbach , whose water reaches the Main through the Usa and Wetter .
Natural allocation
The hornbeam head belongs to the natural area of the Taunus main unit group (no. 30), in the main unit of the Eastern Hintertaunus (302) to the natural area of soil harvesters (302.2).
Transport links
The state road 3053 runs northwest past the hornbeam head along the Solmsbach between Espa and Weiperfelden , to the west the L 3270 runs between Weiperfelden, Bodenrod and Michelbach and a little further away to the south and southeast the L 3353, which connects Bodenrod with Münster . The European long-distance hiking trail E3 runs over the elevation .