Kohlplatz

The Kohlplatz is an approximately 465.9 m high mountain pass in the Haardt , a low mountain range on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest , in Rhineland-Palatinate . The pass lies on the border of the municipalities of Edenkoben and Rhodt unter Rietburg .

Geographical location

Kohlplatz is located in the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve and in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park . It forms the saddle between the Kesselberg ( 661.8 m ), the second highest mountain in the Palatinate Forest after the Kalmit ( 672.6 m ), and the Querenberg ( 568.5 m ), a secondary peak of the Blättersberg ( 613.2 m ).

The Meerlinsenbrunnen , which drains into the Triefenbach, rises north of the Kohlplatz in a small side valley of the Edenkoben valley . In the south, the Meisentalbach rises in the valley of the same name, which flows into the Modenbach .

Knight stone

The name Kohlplatz results from the location of coal piles in the Middle Ages. A knight's stone commemorates a retreat by the Schladen battalion under Major von Borck in the first coalition war on July 13, 1794. This is related to the fighting at Steigerkopf , where French revolutionary troops and Prussian troops faced each other during the conquest of the part of the Electoral Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine . As a reminder, the Schänzelturm was built there in 1894 on the 100th anniversary .

Signpost at Kohlplatz

The Kohlplatz is a central junction ( path spider ) in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park , which can be reached on hiking trails from the north from the Edenkoben Valley and from the south from the Modenbach Valley. The Kesselberg ( 661.8 m ) can be climbed as the closest peak . Hiking trails lead past the Kesselberg to Benderplatz ( 565.5 m ) and further over the Steigerkopf ( 613.6 m ) with the Schänzelturm to the forester's house Heldenstein or Lolosruhe ( 573.8 m ). The Frankenberg ( 556.6 m ) with the remains of the Frankenburg on the Frankenfelsen can also be reached. The Amicitia Hut and the Edenkobener Hut at the Hüttenbrunnen are managed shelters by the Palatinate Forest Association . A few hundred meters south of Kohlplatz is the Nellohütte of the hiking club Nello e. V.

Kesselberg	Edenkobener Hut at the Hüttenbrunnen Lolosruhe
Benderplatz Steigerkopf Schänzelturm Forsthaus Heldenstein Lolosruhe		Querenberg
Frankenberg Frankenburg	Nellohütte Amicitiahütte Modenbachtal	Blättersberg Ludwigsturm

^ LANIS: Kohlplatz. Retrieved October 24, 2018 (topographic map).

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