High hell
| High hell | ||
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.JPG) The high hell from the north |
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| height | 893.8 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Districts of Rhön-Grabfeld , Fulda ; Bavaria , Hesse ; Germany | |
| Mountains | Rhön (High Rhön) | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 25 '43 " N , 9 ° 57' 41" E | |
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| Development | Forest, forest and hiking trails | |
| particularities | Location of the triangle hill "Schwedenwall" | |
The High Hell is 893.8 m above sea level. NHN high mountain between Bischofsheim in the Rhön and Gersfeld on the Bavarian-Hessian border in the Rhön .
geography
Geographical location
The Hohe Hölle is located in the "Hohen Rhön" and is the northeasternmost peak of the Dammersfeldrücken . Within the Rhön Biosphere Reserve and the Bavarian Rhön and Hessian Rhön Nature Parks , it rises on the border of the districts of Rhön-Grabfeld (Bavaria) in the east and Fulda (East Hesse) in the west. The highest point of its hilltop is just under 50 m west of the Bavarian-Hessian border on Hessian territory between the border mountains Heidelstein ( 925.7 m above sea level ) in the northeast and Himmeldunkberg ( 887.9 m above sea level ) only around 500 m in the south -Southwest, with which it forms a double peak.
About 4 km northwest of the Hohe Hölle is the main town of the Hessian community Gersfeld , about 4.8 km southeast of the core town of Bischofsheim .
Watershed
The Himmeldunkberg – Hohe Hölle – Heidelstein section of the Rhine-Weser watershed runs over the Hohe Hölle . The brook Moorwasser , which runs from the mountain to the east, flows via Schwarzbach , Brend , Fränkische Saale and Main into the Rhine , the brook Pfortwasser , which runs from the mountain to the northwest, flows over the Fulda into the Weser .
history
On the Bavarian-Hessian border mountain Hohe Hölle testify to the former border between the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Prussia in 1872.
On the northeast slope of the Hohe Hölle there is a triangular hill called the "Schwedenwall" . It was probably created by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War to secure or block the Bischofsheim – Gersfeld section of the pass road over the Rhön, which passes below. In addition, soldiers could hide behind the wall and position guns. Before this system was part of the Landwehr, which originated in the Middle Ages . It is known as Hahl , Höhl or Hähl , served as border security and consisted of a ditch-wall system up to 22 m wide.
Transport links, hiking, sports
The B 279 runs through Gersfeld to the west of the Hohe Hölle, the B 284 to the northwest leads to Gersfeld and the B 278 to the east to Bischofsheim. From these roads, forest, forest and hiking trails branch off to the summit of the Hohe Hölle. There is a ski slope with a ski lift directly north of the aforementioned “Schwedenwall” . The shortest access leads from Schwedenwall in around 20-30 minutes to the steep summit, from which there is a wide view to the east over the Grabfeld .