Kahler Wasen
| Kahler Wasen (Little Belchen) | ||
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 Kahler Wasen, seen from the Storkenkopf |
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| height | 1272 m | |
| location | Haut-Rhin department , Alsace , France | |
| Mountains | Vosges | |
| Notch height | 147 m ↓ | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 58 '51 " N , 7 ° 7' 33" E | |
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The Kahle Wasen (also Kleiner Belchen , French Petit Ballon ) is a 1,272 meter high mountain in the Vosges . It is located in the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park on the border between the municipalities of Linthal (Haut-Rhin) and Sondernach .
"Wasen" generally means a meadow in Old High German (compare also Stübenwasen in the Black Forest ), " Belchen " means, among other things, a flat arched bald mountain in Alemannic. The epithet Klein is used because there are two other Belchen in the Vosges: within sight the Großer Belchen ( Grand Ballon ) and the Alsatian Belchen ( Ballon d'Alsace, Welscher Belchen ). On the eastern side of the Upper Rhine Plain , in the Black Forest, one of the highest mountains is also called Belchen ( Badischer Belchen ). Together with the Swiss Belchen , these mountains form the so-called Belchen system .
A narrow road leads over the Kahler Wasen. At the highest point of this road there is a parking lot, from there the actual summit can be reached after about 600 meters on foot and another 150 meters in altitude.
Little Belchen
Summit sign
Mary statue on the summit
Web links
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- ↑ Le Petit Ballon , www.peakbagger.com