Wheel tip

Wheel tip
	View of the Radspitze and Seibelsdorf in the foreground
height	678.4 m above sea level NHN
location	Seibelsdorf district, Bavaria , Germany
Mountains	Franconian Forest
Coordinates	50 ° 14 '7 " N , 11 ° 26' 7" E Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '7 " N , 11 ° 26' 7" E
particularities	Radspitzturm ( AT )

The Radspitze in the Seibelsdorf district , near the hamlet of Mittelberg in the Marktrodach market with a height of 678.4 m above sea level. NHN is one of the higher elevations in the Franconian Forest . The difference in altitude between the Radspitze and the Losnitz Valley is the largest in the Franconian Forest.

Geography and geology

The Radspitze is on the southern edge of the Franconian Forest, on the Franconian Line . The summit is made of silica slate .

Radspitzturm

There is a 20 m high observation tower on the mountain . The Radspitzturm in its current form was built in 1955 by the Seibelsdorf group of the Franconian Forest Association . There was a wooden signal on the wheel tip as early as the middle of the 19th century. The first wooden observation tower was built in 1886, but only withstood the weather until 1898.

tourism

Hiking trails

The following hiking trails run by the Franconian Forest Association run over the Radspitze :

Frankenweg
Höhenweg
Almweg
Radspitzweg
Kohlbach-Radspitzweg

The marked mountain bike route Rodachtal SÜD also runs over the Radspitze.

Winter sports

In winter, around the Radspitze (between Mittelberg, Oberehesberg and Geuser) trails for classic cross-country skiing and skating style are groomed.

Recreational facilities

Take-off point for paragliders and hang-gliders on the southwestern edge of the Radspitze
Grünberg Kneipp facility at the foot of the Radspitze near Seibelsdorf

Historical use by Loewe-Opta

After the end of the Second World War, the Radspitzturm was used as a radio technology laboratory by Loewe-Opta , because the location enabled a direct line of sight to the company's development department in Kronach . In 1953 a television converter was added, with which the television signal from the telecommunications tower on Feldberg im Taunus, about 200 kilometers away, was made available to receivers in Kronach. This use ended with the expiry of the lease in 1965.

literature

Hans Seiffert u. a .: Special edition (issue 5) on the occasion of the inauguration of the Radspitzturm on September 3rd and 4th, 1955 . In: Frankenwald - Journal of the Frankenwald Association . Issue 5/1955.

Web links

Commons : Radspitze - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
↑ Information from the Kronach local association of the German Amateur Radio Club eV (pdf) March 2018, pp. 31–34 , accessed on May 31, 2020 .
↑ Hans Stellmacher: Loewe Opta We were the pioneers. September 2001, accessed May 31, 2020 .

[DE_BFN-Karten-1] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[2] Information from the Kronach local association of the German Amateur Radio Club eV (pdf) March 2018, pp. 31–34 , accessed on May 31, 2020 .

[3] Hans Stellmacher: Loewe Opta We were the pioneers. September 2001, accessed May 31, 2020 .