Hydrangea
| Hydrangea | ||
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 Hydrangea with telecommunications tower |
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| height | 606.2 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Palatinate Forest | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 16 '13 " N , 7 ° 49' 39" E | |
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| rock | Red sandstone as a unit of stone | |
| Age of the rock | 251–243 million years | |
| particularities | Part of the Palatinate main watershed; Telecommunications tower on the hilltop | |
The Hortenkopf is a 606.2 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in Rhineland-Palatinate in the middle of the Palatinate Forest between Hofstätten and Leimen . The mountain can be recognized from afar by the telecommunications tower that stands on its top.
geography
Location and surroundings
The Hortenkopf is located in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park and the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve . The mountain on the district of Merzalben is the second most southern of a series of four peaks that reach a height of over 600 m. To the south, at the hamlet Hermersbergerhof belonging to the municipality of Wilgartswiesen , is the Weißenberg ( 609.9 m ). To the north follow the Mosisberg (approx. 610 m ) and the Eschkopf ( 608.3 m ). The last two mountains mentioned are on the outskirts of the hamlet of Hofstätten , which also belongs to Wilgartswiesen.
From the Hortenkopf it is possible to hike to Leimen , Kaiserslautern -Mölschbach, Elmstein and via the forest houses Taubensuhl and Heldenstein to almost Neustadt on continuous ridges without falling below the 450 m height line .
Natural allocation
The Hortenkopf belongs to the "Palatinate Forest" natural area, which is classified as a 3rd order Greater Region in the systematics of the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany published by Emil Meynen and Josef Schmithüsen and its subsequent publications . If you look at the internal structure of the natural area , then it belongs to the Frankenweide or the "High Palatinate Forest", a core area of the Middle Palatinate Forest .
In summary, the natural spatial allocation of the hydrangea head follows the following system:
- Greater region 1st order: Layer level land on both sides of the Upper Rhine Rift
- Greater region 2nd order: Palatinate-Saarland layer level land
- Greater region 3rd order: Palatinate Forest
- 4th order region (main unit): Middle Palatinate Forest
- 5th order region: Frankenweide or High Palatinate Forest
Waters
At the Hortenkopf, the main Palatinate watershed between the Moselle / Middle Rhine (west) and Upper Rhine (east) bends southwest when coming from the north in the direction of Gräfenstein Castle . On the southeast flank of the Hortenkopf, the Wüstbach has its four sources, the Kaltenbach being a right tributary of the Wellbach , which in turn flows into the Queich from the left . The origin of the Wartenbach , the northern source creek of the Lauter , which is still called Wieslauter here on the upper reaches lies on the southwest flank . Queich and Lauter later flow into the Rhine from the left . To the northwest, beyond the watershed, the Merzalbe rises , whose water reaches the Rhine via Rodalb , Schwarzbach , Blies , Saar and Moselle.
reachability
The Hortenkopf is located on the county road 56, which connects the state road 496 ( Leimen - B 48 ) in the north and the B 10 ( Pirmasens - Landau ) in the south. The K 56, which runs from north to south and passes through Hermersbergerhof shortly before the B 10, bypasses the Hortenkopf summit to the west, which is reached via a 400 m long hiking trail.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ^ Federal Institute for Regional Studies: Geographical Land Survey. The natural space units in single sheets 1: 200,000 . Bad Godesberg 1952–1994. → Online maps , sheet 160: Landau i. d. Pfalz (Adalbert Pemöller, 1969; 47 p.).
- ↑ Helmut Beeger et al.: The landscapes of Rheinhessen-Pfalz - naming and spatial delimitation . In: Reports on German regional studies . tape 63 , issue 2. Trier 1989, p. 327-359 .