Human head (Spessart)
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 The human head from Hohenberg seen from |
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| height | 465 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Aschaffenburg district (Bavaria) | |
| Mountains | Spessart | |
| Dominance | 0.3 km → Hoher Querberg | |
| Notch height | 3 m | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 7 '57 " N , 9 ° 16' 22" E | |
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The human head is 465 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Spessart in the Bavarian district of Aschaffenburg in Germany .
geography
The human head is located in the former community-free area Huckelheimer Wald between Westerngrund and Kleinkahl . It is bounded in the east by the Habersbach valley . The Arzborn , the source of the Querbach, lies northwest of the summit . Its valley stretches in a south-westerly direction to Huckelheim . The Habersberg (428 m) joins the Menschenkopf in the south and the Herzberg (427 m) in the southwest . In the north it goes flat to the Hohen Querberg (474 m). To the north, about 880 m from the summit of the Menschenkopf, run the state border with Hesse and the historic Birkenhainer Straße trading route . The Ruhschlag forest area is located on the southern slopes of the Menschenkopf.
Surname
It is not known where the name human head comes from. A legend according to which the head of a person was hidden in a hollow tree on the mountain probably contributed to the origin of the name.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board on the human head ( memento of the original dated February 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
