Kohlberg (Hesse)
| Coal mountain | ||
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 The coal mountain and its northeastern neighbor Ziegenberg ( 470 m ) from the Christenberg ( 387.4 m ) in the castle forest ; in the foreground the Wetschaft depression with the 324 m high, wooded Kainsberg near Münchhausen - Wollmar . |
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| height | 583 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Hessen , Germany | |
| Mountains | East Sauerland mountain range | |
| Dominance | 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 58 '0 " N , 8 ° 35' 33" E | |
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The coal mountain is 583 m above sea level. NN high mountain in the Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg . It is one of the bagpipe forecrops that, as part of the eastern Sauerland mountain range, cover the Rothaargebirge southeast of the 673.3 m high bagpipe .
Geographical location
The coal mountain lies between the Hatzfeld district of Eifa in the west-southwest and the Battenberg district of Frohnhausen in the east and borders directly on the Wetschaft depression to the (south) east . In addition to its 583 m high main summit, it has an approximately 560 m high second summit in the northeast .
Eifa Castle
Eifa Castle stood southeast of Eifa on a southern spur of the coal mountain . It was probably built in the 13th century to control a trade route . It was separated from the slope by a ditch . Visible remains of the wall are no longer there.