High head (Wasgauer Felsenland)

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High head
High head with the Stephansturm

High head with the Stephansturm

height 442.6  m
location Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
Mountains Palatinate Forest
Coordinates 49 ° 10 '30 "  N , 7 ° 50' 51"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '30 "  N , 7 ° 50' 51"  E
Hoher Kopf (Wasgauer Felsenland) (Rhineland-Palatinate)
High head (Wasgauer Felsenland)
rock Red sandstone

The Hohe Kopf is a 442.6  m high mountain in the northern Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest is also called together with the northern part of the Vosges .

Stephansturm
Stephansturm seen from the Queichtal

The mountain is completely within the boundaries of the municipality of Hauenstein (Pfalz) , which is about one and a half kilometers to the north. Not far south of it rises the Queich , which flows in the west past the Hohen Kopf through the Stephanstal towards the north. The Hohe Kopf is covered by coniferous forest. Several forest paths lead along the slopes of the Hohe Kopf, none of them to the summit.

On its south side, the red sandstone that builds up the high head emerges and forms a striking rock tower called the Stephansturm . It is popularly known as the “camel” because of its shape, as it actually consists of two towers, the Great and the Small St. Stephen's Tower. It is a popular climbing rock . There are 21 routes of difficulty levels II to IX +.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ High head on a topographic map from the map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration. LANIS, accessed March 9, 2017 .
  2. Federal Office for Cartography and Geodesy , State Office for Geoinformation and Rural Development : Digital Topographic Map 1:50 000, ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Germany Viewer ), accessed on November 27, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / deutschlandviewer.bayern.de
  3. Zwicktrischweg , accessed on November 27, 2009
  4. Hauensteiner Schusterpfad (PDF) accessed on December 27, 2019
  5. Stephanstürme on Summitpost.org, accessed on November 27, 2009