Mosisberg
| Mosisberg | ||
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 Aerial view of the Mosisberg with the former radio system |
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| height | 610 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near farmsteads ; District of Südwestpfalz , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Frankenweide ( Palatinate Forest ) | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 18 '0 " N , 7 ° 51' 15" E | |
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| rock | Red sandstone | |
| particularities | Part of the Palatinate main watershed | |
The Mosisberg near Hofstätten in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Südwestpfalz is about 610 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the middle part of the low mountain range Palatinate Forest and with the Weißenberg ( 609.9 m ) highest mountain of the mountain part Frankenweide .
geography
location
The Mosisberg is located in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park and in the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve . Its summit rises in the municipality of Wilgartswiesen on the boundary of the hamlet of Hofstätten approx. 2.3 km to the south . The mountain is part of the Frankenweide , which is a central massif of the Palatinate Forest. It is the second northernmost mountain in a series of four peaks exceeding 600 m in height. The Eschkopf ( 608.3 m ) rises to the north, followed by the Hortenkopf ( 606.2 m ) and the Weißenberg ( 609.9 m ) to the south . The Palatinate main watershed between Moselle / Middle Rhine (west) and Upper Rhine (east) runs over Eschkopf, Mosisberg and Hortenkopf .
Natural allocation
The Mosisberg belongs to the “Palatinate Forest” natural area, which is classified as a third-order Greater Region in the systematics of the handbook of the natural structure of Germany published by Emil Meynen and Josef Schmithüsen and its subsequent publications . If you look at the internal structure of the natural area , it belongs to the Frankenweide or the "High Palatinate Forest", a core area of the Middle Palatinate Forest .
In summary, the natural spatial allocation of the Mosisberg follows the following system:
- Greater region 1st order: Layer level land on both sides of the Upper Rhine Rift
- Greater region 2nd order: Palatinate-Saarland layer level land
- Greater region 3rd order: Palatinate Forest
- 4th order region (main unit): Middle Palatinate Forest
- 5th order region: Frankenweide or High Palatinate Forest
Mountain height
The eastern area of the summit region of the Mosisberg with the 610 m high mountain peak is called Langerkopf . A 608.7 m high point is located near the end of a path leading over its summit region ; a little to the west of it, an unlabelled contour line is shown on topographic maps , which possibly represents the 610 m contour line, so that the mountain in the inner area of its contour ring can be a little higher. In the western part of the summit region, which still extends over the 602.5 m height line , there is the rock Preußenstein , which got its name from the guards of the Prussian army who stood on the Langerkopf during the revolutionary wars . From the Preußenstein towards the southwest, the landscape of the Mosisberg leads over to its spur Badischköpfchen ( 595.6 m ).
Mosisbruch
In a high hollow, about 700 m southeast of the Mosisberg summit, there used to be a rain moor (high moor), the Mosisbruch . It was supplied by a two-kilometer-long stream, which shortly thereafter flows from the right into the upper reaches of the Queich tributary Wellbach .
Protected areas
The western flank of the Mosisberg, whose elongated ridge is predominantly forested with beeches and oaks , falls - below the state road 496 - in the fauna-flora-habitat area of the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve (FFH no. 6812-301; 359.97 km² ) and in the bird sanctuary Palatinate Forest (VSG no. 6812-401; 30.233 km²).
US directional radio system
Previously retired military over the entire summit region of Mosisbergs radio relay system (Radio Relay Site) of the US Air Force . On the eastern Langerkopf , it was completely demolished in 2017. A specialist company had to dispose of the asbestos- contaminated waste. Only the smaller radio tower is still there and is still in use.
The former facility in the film Lost Place served as the backdrop .
Traffic and walking
The winding federal highway 48 leads east past the Mosisberg . It runs from Hochspeyer in the north, through Johanniskreuz , on the Eschkopf high were, then the Mosisberg passing and through the Wellbachtal leader of Annweiler am Trifels in the south. At the junction to Iggelbach , a bus stop is served twice from Neustadt on Sundays and public holidays in the summer months . From the B 48 branches off a little south-southeast of Johanniskreuz and northwest of the Mosisberg at an altitude of 534.3 m , the state road 496, which leads over the western highlands on the Prussian stone to Leimen . From this a short driveway branches off as a spur road to the Preußenstein that is closed to the public . The roads in the Mosisberg and Eschkopf area are rated as demanding by sporty cyclists because of their climbs.
From the Mosisberg it is possible to hike to Leimen , Kaiserslautern - Mölschbach , Elmstein and via the forest houses Taubensuhl and Heldenstein almost to Neustadt on continuous ridges without falling below the 450 m line. In the transition area to the northern Eschkopf, the southern variant ( Donnersberg –Eschkopf– Königstuhl ) of the European long-distance hiking trail E8 runs near it ; it is led from Johanniskreuz on the Franken-Hessen-Kurpfalzweg marked with the marking "red cross", including through the area of the Frankenweide.
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d e f g LANIS: Topographic map. Retrieved August 26, 2020 .
- ↑ a b For the approximate mountain height, see the article section mountain height .
- ^ Federal Institute for Regional Studies: Geographical Land Survey. The natural space units in single sheets 1: 200,000 . Bad Godesberg 1952–1994. → Online maps , sheet 160: Landau i. d. Pfalz (Adalbert Pemöller, 1969; 47 p.).
- ↑ Helmut Beeger et al.: The landscapes of Rheinhessen-Pfalz - naming and spatial delimitation . In: Reports on German regional studies . tape 63 , issue 2. Trier 1989, p. 327-359 .
- ↑ Walter Eitel man: . Ritterstein No. 80 Prussia stone in Ritterstein in the Palatinate Forest - A stone history , Neustadt, 1998, ISBN 3-00-003544-3 .
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Eschkopf (550 m). quaeldich.de, accessed December 20, 2013 .
- ↑ The Great Falk Atlas - Germany Detailed Maps , M = 1: 200,000, 2004/2005, ISBN 9783827903815 .
- ↑ Palatinate Forest Association: Hiking trails in the Palatinate Forest , on pwv.de, accessed on February 12, 2014.