Hohekopf (Rommeroder hill country)
| High head | ||
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| height | 539.4 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Epterode ; Werra-Meißner-Kreis , Hessen ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Rommeroder Hügelland ( East Hessian highlands ) | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 14 '46 " N , 9 ° 47' 50" E | |
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| particularities | highest mountain in the Rommeroder hill country | |
The Hohekopf is 539.4 m above sea level. NHN the highest mountain in the Rommeroder hill country . It is located near Epterode in the Werra-Meißner district in North Hesse ( Germany ).
geography
location
The Hohekopf rises in the northeast of northern Hesse in the geo-nature park Frau-Holle-Land (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger forest) . The summit of the mountain immediately east of Epterode is 1.5 km southeast of the core town of Großalmerode , 2.1 km west-south-west of Uengsterode , 1.9 km north-west of Laudenbach , 2 km north-east of Rommerode and 1.4 km east of Faulbach ; they all belong to Großalmerode.
The neighboring mountains of the Hohekopf include the Hirschberg ( 643.4 m ) in the west, the Steinberg ( 588.75 m ) in the north-northwest with the Steinberg lakes , the Langenberg ( 565 m ) in the north-northeast and the Hässelkuppe ( 514.6 m ) in the east-northeast , the Bühlchen ( 537.2 m ) in the east, the Heiligenberg ( 583.4 m ) in the east-southeast, the Hohe Meißner ( 753.6 m ) in the southeast, the Paßberg ( 468.9 m ) in the south-southwest and the Exberg ( 505 , 5 m ) in the southwest with the two Exberg lakes .
The weirs (Wohra) flow from the Exbergsee, located 1.2 km southwest of the Hohekopf, while the Laudenbach runs past the mountain to the east and flows into the Gelster flowing past in the north ; both - weirs and Gelster - are tributaries of the Werra .
Natural allocation
The Hohekopf belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Osthessisches Bergland (No. 35), in the main unit Fulda-Werra-Bergland (357) and in the subunit Witzenhausen-Altmorschener Talung (357.5) to the natural area Rommeroder Hügelland (357.53). The landscape drops to the east into the natural area Velmeder Tal (357.52). To the west it leads over to the Hirschberg (357.700) and to the north into the natural area of the Kaufunger Wald plateau ( Vorderer Kaufunger Wald ; 357.71); both belong to the subunit Kaufunger Wald and Söhre (357.7).
Protected areas
The Hohekopf nature reserve near Großalmerode is located on the Hohekopf ( CDDA no. 163742; designated in 1993; 13.72 hectares in size). In addition, parts of the fauna-flora-habitat area Hohekopf near Großalmerode are located on the mountain (FFH no. 4724-311; 48.11 ha).
Landscape image
The high elevations of the Hohekopf and in particular its summit region are unforested - apart from a few groups of trees. A forest area extends in the direction of and on the northeast slope of Querenberg . There is a water tank on the western slope of the Hohekopf near the summit . A gravel pit is located about 400 m south-southwest of the summit.
Transport links and hiking
The Hohekopf can be reached on Kreisstraße 45 (Am Holzrain – Epteroder Straße), which ends as a spur road in Epterode . At the transition to Zimmerplatzstrasse, Dorfstrasse crosses , on which one can drive eastwards towards the mountain. On the adjacent field and forest edge paths you can walk up to the unwooded summit, where there is a picnic area with benches and a table. From there the view falls down to Epterode as well as to the Rommeroder hill country, to the Hirschberg, Stölzinger Gebirge and Hohen Meißner.
Albslieder tunnel
In the lower part of the eastern slope of the Hohekopf is the 339 m long Albslieder Tunnel or Albsliede Tunnel , 900 m southwest of Uengsterode . The tunnel bored in 1914/15 belonged to the former Gelstertalbahn and was located in its section Großalmerode - Velmeden . It is mostly in the municipality of Uengsterode and crosses under the ridge in a slight curve. After a dam broke in 1981 near Laudenbach, rail traffic on this section of the route was completely stopped and dismantled. Both portals are walled up in the lower area and the tunnel is winter quarters for bats.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 112 Kassel. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF; 6.9 MB)
- ↑ a b Albslieder Tunnel : start page (including a rail route map ) and details page ( information and photos of partially walled-up portals), on eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de
