Katzenberg (Franconian Alb)
| Katzenberg | ||
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| height | 558.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Kälberberg ; Bamberg district , Bavaria ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Franconian Alb | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 '24 " N , 11 ° 3' 29" E | |
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The Katzenberg is 558.5 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Franconian Alb near Kälberberg in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg in northern Bavaria .
Geographical location
The Katzenberg rises in the northwest of the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park on the western edge of Franconian Switzerland - just under 13 km southeast of Bamberg . Its summit is in the municipality-free area of Eichwald , which extends between the municipal areas of Strullendorf in the north, Buttenheim in the southeast and Hirschaid in the southwest. Counter- clockwise looking at it is located 2 km south-southwest of Zeegendorf , 2 km south-southeast of Mistendorf , 2.7 km southeast of Leesten and 3.5 km east of Wernsdorf , all belonging to Strullendorf, 2.4 km northeast of Friesen , a district von Hirschaid, as well as 700 m north of Kälberberg and 1.6 km west-northwest of Tiefenhöchstadt , which belong to Buttenheim.
The landscape of the Katzenberg falls to the north into the valley of the Regnitz tributary Zeegenbach (Ziegenbach) with the villages of Leesten, Misten- and Zeegendorf; Beyond that, the Geisberg (approx. 585 m ) rises as the highest mountain in the Bamberg district . To the northeast it leads over to the Köppishöhe ( 552.9 m ), to the south to the Wachknock (approx. 558 m ) with the Knoppels ( 555.3 m ) to the southeast and to the southwest over the source area of the Zeegenbach tributary Eichbach to the Friesener Warte ( 561.7 m ).
Protected areas
On the Katzenberg are parts of the protected landscape Franconian Switzerland Veldenstein Forest in the district of Upper Franconia ( CDDA -No 396107;. 2001; 1004.2418 square kilometers in size) and the Fauna Flora Habitat type region Albtrauf from the Friesener waiting for the Long Mile (FFH No. 6132-371; 18.8641 km²).