Kohlberg (Fichtel Mountains)

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Kohlberg
(Sugar Loaf)
The new Waldenfelswarte next to a FGV refuge on the Kohlberg

The new Waldenfelswarte next to a FGV
refuge on the Kohlberg

height 633  m above sea level NHN
location near Arzberg ; District of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge , Bavaria ( Germany )
Mountains Kohlwald , Fichtelgebirge
Coordinates 50 ° 2 '32 "  N , 12 ° 11' 14"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 2 '32 "  N , 12 ° 11' 14"  E
Kohlberg (Fichtelgebirge) (Bavaria)
Kohlberg (Fichtel Mountains)
rock Quartz phyllite
particularities Waldenfelswarte ( AT )
View from the air to the east to the Feisnitz reservoir with the southwest to south flank of the Kohlberg

The Kohlberg , also called Sugar Loaf , is 633  m above sea level. NHN a striking elevation of the Kohlwald ridge in the Fichtelgebirge . It is located near Arzberg in Upper Franconia in the Bavarian district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge , is forested and consists of quartz phyllite .

geography

location

The Kohlberg rises in the southeast part of the Fichtelgebirge, on the western edge of the Kohlwald and in the east of the Fichtelgebirge Nature Park . Its summit is 1.7 km south of the center of Arzberg and 1.8 km north-northeast of the Haid district . To the northeast the landscape leads over a 578  m high mountain saddle with the junction of the district road  13 leading to Seedorf from the state road 2716 (Arzberg– Konnersreuth ) to the Sieben-Linden-Berg ( Lindenberg ; 643  m ).

On the natural environment main unit High Fichtelgebirge (no. 394) belonging carbon Berg, parts of the extending protected landscape Fichtelgebirge ( CDDA -No 395957;. Expelled 1990; 627.0991  square kilometers large).

Beyond the federal highway 303, which runs to the west, there is another Kohlberg ( 528  m ) in the Arzberg district of Garmersreuth , 3.7 km away .

Waters

The mountain is passed in the northwest and north by the Röslau and in the south and west by its tributary Feisnitz , which flows through the Feisnitz reservoir ( Feisnitz reservoir or Haid reservoir ) located at the southwestern foot of the mountain .

history

The mountain name Kohlberg comes from the former coal piles for iron smelting in Arzberg. In the vernacular of the mountain because of the former is smuggling of sugar on the 1792 running until 1810 at the foot of the mountain border between Bavaria and Prussia also "Sugar" called.

Waldenfelswarte

The Waldenfelswarte observation tower and a non-managed refuge of the Fichtelgebirgsverein have stood on the Kohlberg summit since 1961 . In the spring of 2017, the control room was increased from originally 20 m to 32 m with a new foundation and new base tower due to the severe obstructions to the view due to the growth of trees. This makes it one of the highest observation towers in the Fichtel Mountains.

From the tower it is possible in good weather to see the Czech Republic , the Vogtland and even parts of the Ore Mountains .

map

  • Fritsch hiking map: Fichtelgebirge Nature Park and Steinwald Nature Park , No. 52, M  = 1: 50,000, ISBN 9783861160526

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographical map with the Kohlberg in the Bavaria Atlas. In: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government. Retrieved December 7, 2014 . , M  = 1: 10,000
  2. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ^ Sechsämter Land. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011 ; Retrieved April 20, 2016 . , Zuckerhut , p. 16, from rororo-selb.de
  4. ↑ Kohlberg, Zuckerhut and Waldenfelswarte. (PDF; 6.25 MB) In: Bürger-Bote (No. 110), June 2015. P. 1 , accessed on February 3, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Waldenfelswarte is twelve meters higher. In: Frankenpost . September 30, 2016, Retrieved September 30, 2016 (paid article).

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