Kühkopf (mountain)
| Kühkopf | ||
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 Kühkopf with telecommunications tower |
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| height | 382 m | |
| location | Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | |
| Mountains | Hunsrück | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 18 '24 " N , 7 ° 33' 52" E | |
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| particularities | Forsthaus Kühkopf, Telecommunications Tower Koblenz | |
The Kühkopf is a 382 meter high mountain in the Hunsrück . It is located in the south of Koblenz in the city forest and belongs to the Karthaus district . The Koblenz telecommunications tower is located on its summit .
geology
The area around the Kühkopf is built from the rock of the so-called Ems level (formerly also called Koblenz level ). It was originally sandy sediments that were deposited in the shallow sea around 400 million years ago ( Lower Devonian ). On the summit - like on other Hunsrück heads - there was hard quartzite that was resistant to erosion . The Kühkopf, which protrudes above its surroundings as a single mountain, is therefore also referred to as a hardy . In addition, quartz sandstones ( fake quartzites ) and clay slate occur.
nature and landscape
The Kühkopf is wooded throughout; Beech dominates, only occasionally interspersed with oak, spruce and larch in the summit area. Ferns, berries and woodruff are widespread in the ground vegetation, and blueberries in the area of the television tower.
Below the summit is the Kühborn spring at a height of 295 meters .
history
The area around the Kühkopf was already inhabited prehistorically; Celtic tombs were found below the summit. In ancient times, an important long-distance road ran below the mountain between Confluentes (Koblenz) and Augusta Treverorum (Trier). This route is still followed today by an asphalt road called the Roman road ; However, nothing has been preserved from the original paving.
Little is known about the settlement of the Koblenz city forest in the Middle Ages and in the early modern period.
Since 1843 there has been a forest depot with a restaurant below the Kühkopf summit at a height of 250 meters. The native and dialect poet Josef Cornelius (1849–1943), author of the Schängelliedes , dedicated a local homage to him in 1890 ( Die Tour off dä Keehkopp ). A redesigned excursion restaurant is still available today.
In 1967 members of the Marian men's congregation erected a memorial cross in Koblenz to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Miracle of Mary of Fátima (1917) at a vantage point over the Rhine with the Ehrenbreitstein fortress , Vallendar and north on the right bank of the Rhine to the Westerwald heights and the city of Koblenz on the left bank of the Rhine . This replaced an older summit cross that is said to have existed in the 17th century. The damaged cross was sawn off for safety reasons in autumn 2008 and replaced by a new cross in 2012.
Infrastructure
The Römerstraße from the B 327 ( Hunsrückhöhenstraße ) past the Forsthaus Kühkopf, the Kühborn spring and a few kilometers further at the Eiserne Hand hiking car park back to the B 327 can be driven by car. Various footpaths to the summit are accessible from the hiking car park at the inn, some of which can be combined as circular hiking trails. The geological and regional study trail runs along part of this network of trails , explaining the height classification, rock structures and climate of the Hunsrück heights around Koblenz. There are several forest huts that were previously used as barbecue areas; however, grilling is no longer permitted everywhere.
The area around the television tower is cordoned off with a fence and the tower is not open to the public.
Celtic tombs
The group of burial mounds on the southern slope of the Kühkopf - Am Lösskopf - has not yet been explored in detail. Archaeologists date them on the basis of similar finds in the region to the 5th century BC and attribute them to the Hunsrück-Eifel culture . The burial mounds are approx. 60–80 cm high and measure approx. 12–16 m in diameter; they can be clearly seen especially in the bare season. Individual body graves are accepted, as is customary in culture.
literature
- Hans Bellinghausen: 2000 years Koblenz. History of the city on the Rhine and Moselle , Boppard on the Rhine 1971.
- Nature trails in the Koblenz city forest , ed. from the City of Koblenz, Office for Properties and Forests, Koblenz 1993.
- Our city forest: The green lung of Koblenz , ed. from the City of Koblenz, Office for Properties and Forests, Koblenz 1993.