Hermannskoppe

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Hermannskoppe
Hermannskoppe from the northwest

Hermannskoppe from the northwest

height 567  m above sea level NHN
location Hessen , Germany
Mountains Spessart
Dominance 22.6 km →  Geiersberg
Notch height 170 m ↓  Merneser Kreuz
Coordinates 50 ° 6 '26 "  N , 9 ° 31' 0"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '26 "  N , 9 ° 31' 0"  E
Hermannskoppe (Hesse)
Hermannskoppe

The Hermannskoppe is 567  m above sea level. NHN the highest mountain in the Hessian part of the Spessart in the Main-Kinzig district .

geography

Steinmann on the summit of the Hermannskoppe

The Hermannskoppe is the fourth highest mountain in the Spessart. Its summit is located in the district of Lohrhaupten , a district of the municipality of Flörsbachtal , about 100 meters east of the border between Bavaria and Hesse . To the northwest of the summit, the road runs between Lohrhaupten (Hesse) and Ruppertshütten (Bavaria). The mountain was partially deforested in January 2007 by Hurricane Kyrill .

The Franconian Marienweg and the historic Birkenhainer Straße with the former customs house Bayerische Schanz run over the Hermannskoppe . The forest of silence is close by . The districts of Rengersbrunn , Ruppertshütten and the community-free area of Ruppertshüttener Forst extend on the eastern slopes of Bavaria . To the south of the Hermannskoppe lies the Eichenberg , in between the Lohrberg (537 m), to the east was the Einsiedel monastery . The Sperkelbach rises in a valley west of the Hermannskoppe .

See also

Web links

Commons : Hermannskoppe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. Main-Echo of June 4, 2016, "Calm forest is now called forest of silence"