Rossert
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 Rossert and northern side knoll from the east, right Atzelberg with telecommunications tower |
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| height | 516 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Hessen , Germany | |
| Mountains | Taunus | |
| Dominance | 2.4 km → Eichkopf | |
| Notch height | 86 m ↓ Eppenhainer Kreuz | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 9 '50 " N , 8 ° 24' 0" E | |
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| particularities | Nature reserve | |
The Rossert is 516 m above sea level. NN high wooded mountain in the Taunus . It is located east of the Kelkheim district of Eppenhain . On the summit of the Rossert there is a rock group that gave the mountain its name. Rossert is derived from an Old High German word for stone rubble. The rock formation was the origin of a medieval legend about a devil's castle on the Rossert.
Nature reserve
The summit of the Rossert is the highest point of the proposed fauna-flora habitat Rossert-Hainkopf-Dachsbau . The 119 hectare area was designated as a nature reserve in 1977 . It stretches like a belt south of Eppenhain on the heights of the Rossert, the Hainkopf ( 474 m above sea level ) and the Dachsbau ( 373 m above sea level ).
Rocks on the overgrown Rossert summit
Hut on the southern slope of the Rossert
See also
literature
- Adolf Becker: From Nassau's saga treasure. Collection of sagas from the Wiesbaden administrative region. Idstein 1922: Georg Grandpierre. 2nd ed.