Mainzer Berg (Middle Palatinate Forest)

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Mainz mountain
(Great Mainz Mountain)
height 403.5  m above sea level NHN
location near Bad Dürkheim ; Pfalz , Bad Dürkheim District , Rhineland-Palatinate , ( Germany )
Mountains Middle Palatinate Forest
Coordinates 49 ° 24 '52 "  N , 8 ° 1' 0"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '52 "  N , 8 ° 1' 0"  E
Mainzer Berg (Middle Palatinate Forest) (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Mainzer Berg (Middle Palatinate Forest)
rock Red sandstone
particularities Mainz mountain tunnel

The Mainzer Berg , actually Großer Mainzer Berg , in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bad Dürkheim is 403.5  m above sea level. NHN high mountain near Weidenthal in the Middle Palatinate Forest , but is almost exclusively in the urban area of Bad Dürkheim .

Geographical location

Although it is only about 700 m away from the outskirts of Weidenthal , the Mainzer Berg is in the outskirts of Bad Dürkheim . At its west foot in the valley of the Hochspeyerbach lies the Weidentahler residential area Mainzertal . The mountain is completely forested with mixed forest .

Traffic and walking

The 212 m long Mainzer Berg Tunnel of the Palatinate Ludwig Railway, which was driven through red sandstone during the construction of the railway line between 1845 and 1849 , runs through the southwest flank of the Mainzer Berg above the Hochspeyerbach . The federal highway 39 , which passes the mountain, also runs in the Bachtal . For example, starting on this road, the mountain can be hiked on forest paths and paths.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )