Mengshausen hilltop

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Mengshausen hilltop
Mengshausen hilltop from the south with the town of Kruspis

Mengshausen hilltop from the south with the town of Kruspis

height 473.4  m above sea level NHN
location Hessen , Niederaula
Mountains Fulda-Haune-Tafelland
Coordinates 50 ° 47 '19 "  N , 9 ° 39' 1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '19 "  N , 9 ° 39' 1"  E
Mengshäuser Kuppe (Hesse)
Mengshausen hilltop
Development Heussner Tower ( AT )

The Mengshäuser Kuppe is 473.4  m above sea level. NHN high mountain between Rhön and Knüllgebirge . In terms of nature, it is one of the Haune plateaus in the Fulda-Haune-Tafelland in the East Hessian mountainous region . The eponymous Mengshausen , a district of Niederaula, is located northwest of the mountain in the Fulda valley . On the other side of the mountain are Holzheim and Kruspis , two districts of Haunetal . On the summit of the completely forested mountain there is a lookout tower within the Mengshausen district. The Burgstall Wallenfels is located on the northern slope of the Mengshäuser Kuppe .

Heussner Tower

Already in 1922 there was a wooden viewing platform on the Mengshausen knoll. The first Heussner tower made of wood stood from 1932 to 1943. Today's 25 m high tower was built in 1964 from precast concrete parts with a triangular cross-section and renovated in 1990. The namesake Harry Heussner, local judge at the court in Niederaula , was president of the Knüllgebirgsverein for 40 years . The freely accessible Heussner Tower offers an unobstructed all-round view of the Knüllgebirge in the northwest, the Rhön in the southeast and the Vogelsberg in the southwest. If the visibility is good, you can also see the Hohe Meißner in the northeast and the Große Inselsberg in the east.

  • Heussner Tower

  • Plaque at the foot of the Heussner Tower

  • View from the Heussner Tower to the northwest of the snow-covered Niederaula

  • View from the Heussner Tower to the southeast to the Rhön

Web links

Commons : Mengshäuser Kuppe  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ^ Heussner tower in the Mengshausen district . on the website of the market town of Niederaula