High simmer

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High simmer
The Hochsimmer with Sankt Johann (left) and Ettringen (right)

The Hochsimmer with Sankt Johann (left) and Ettringen (right)

height 587.9  m above sea level NHN
location near Ettringen ; Mayen-Koblenz district , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany )
Mountains Eifel ( Eastern High Eifel )
Coordinates 50 ° 21 '38 "  N , 7 ° 11' 55"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '38 "  N , 7 ° 11' 55"  E
Hochsimmer (Rhineland-Palatinate)
High simmer
Type Cinder cone
rock basalt
particularities Hochsimmerturm ( AT )
View from the L  82 ( Ettringen - Bell ) west-southwest to the Hochsimmer
Hochsimmerturm ( AT )

The Hochsimmer is 587.9  m above sea level. NHN high volcanic cone of the Eifel . It is located near Ettringen in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Mayen-Koblenz ( Germany ). The Hochsimmerturm observation tower stands on top of it .

geography

location

The Hochsimmer rises within the Hohen Eifel ( Eastern Eifel ) around 1.7 km west-north-west of the core town of Ettringen , whose municipal boundary to St. Johann , located south of the mountain, runs exactly over the ridge in the summit area. A section of the middle reaches of the Rhine tributary, Nette, flows past its west foot , roughly in a north-south direction . State road 83 , which connects Weibern in the northwest with Mayen in the southeast, runs through the valley . At the east foot of the mountain lies Ettringen on the L 82 leading to Bell , at its south foot is St. Johann.

The 5th stage of the Eifelverein's main hiking trail 1 leads from Maria Laach over the Hochsimmer and on to the Hammesmühle in the Nettetal.

Natural allocation

The Hochsimmer lies on the border of the natural spatial main unit groups Middle Rhine area (29) with the main unit Lower Middle Rhine Area (292), the subunit Laacher Vulkane (292.0) and the natural area Ettringer volcanic peaks (292.01) in the east and Eastern Eifel (No. 27) with the main unit Eastern Hocheifel (271), the subunit Hohe-Acht / Nitz-Nette-Bergland (271.2) and the natural area Nitz-Nette-Wald (271.21) in the west. To the north the landscape leads into the sub-unit Kempenich tuff plateau (271.1) and to the south into the natural area Mayener Kessel (291.25), which belongs to the sub-unit Maifeld-Pellenzer Hügelland (291.2) in the main unit Middle Rhine Basin (291) .

Mountain height and hilltops

The Hochsimmer has two peaks: the west knoll ( ⊙ ) is 587.9  m and the east knoll ( ⊙ ) 583.3  m high. The Kleine Simmer ( 514.7  m ) joins about 600 m southwest of the mountain summit .

Protected areas

On the wooded Hochsimmer are the nature reserve Hochsimmer ( CDDA 2.4914 -No 81,899th; in 1973 reported  km² large) and parts of the protected landscape area Rhein-Ahr-Eifel (CDDA No. 323834;. 1980; 925.8651 square kilometers).

Towers

The 18 m high Hochsimmer tower , an observation tower built from 1909 to 1911, stands on the eastern summit of the Hochsimmer in the district of St. Johann . From its viewing platform , you can see the Eastern High Eifel , the Middle Rhine Basin and down to Ettringen; in good visibility it extends to Cologne Cathedral . There is a transmission tower about 30 m northwest of the Hochsimmerturm, and a transmission mast about 25 m south .

gallery

  • Hochsimmer from the south

  • East tip from the south

  • Hochsimmer (right), seen from the Hohe Acht

  • View from the Hochstein

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ↑ Osteifelweg (1) - 5th stage on the website of the Eifelverein
  3. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

See also

Web links

Commons : Hochsimmer  - collection of images
  • Der Hochsimmer… , accessed on November 28, 2013, in the Ettringen am Hochsimmer community , on ettringen-eifel.de