Ruhrkopf

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Ruhrkopf
height 696.3  m above sea level NHN
location near Elkeringhausen ; Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany )
Mountains Rothaar Mountains
Dominance 0.63 km →  Westgipfel Böhl
Notch height 22.6 m ↓  to the Dumel
Coordinates 51 ° 12 '43 "  N , 8 ° 33' 16"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '43 "  N , 8 ° 33' 16"  E
Ruhrkopf (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Ruhrkopf
particularities Ruhr spring
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Steinrondell, a little below the actual source of the Ruhr at the Ruhrkopf
First Ruhr bridge, between the roundabout and the Ruhrquelle car park (background) on the L  740 leading to Küstelberg

The Ruhrkopf near Elkeringhausen in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis is 696.3  m above sea level. NHN high mountain of the Rothaargebirge . The Ruhr spring lies on the mountain .

geography

location

The Ruhrkopf is located in the north of the Rothaar Mountains in the Sauerland-Rothaar Mountains Nature Park . Its summit rises about 3 km northeast of Winterberg and about 1.5 km (depending on the beeline ) northwest of its district Elkeringhausen . The mountain is part of the Winterberger plateau , which is generally over 600 m high , so that its summit, hidden in the forest, can only be recognized as a gently rising crest. At its northeast slope is at 666.5  m height Ruhrquelle as the origin of the Rhine -Nebenflusses Ruhr , and its southeast flank falls into the valley of the Eder -Zuflusses Orke from. The protected landscape component of the source region Kohlseifen is also located on the mountain .

Natural allocation

The Ruhrkopf belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Süderbergland (No. 33) in the main unit Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland ) (333) and in the subunit Winterberger Hochland (333.5) to the natural area Harfeld (Winterberger Hochmulde) (333.56).

Rhine-Weser watershed

The long Rhine-Weser watershed runs over the Ruhrkopf : while the Ruhr flows westwards and finally flows into the Rhine , the water from the short streams that arise on the south-eastern slope of the mountain flows into the Orke . This in turn rises a little further east on the Reetsberg and initially runs in a westerly direction, but then in an easterly direction into the Eder , whose water flows through the Fulda into the Weser .

Recreational area

The approximately 240 km long Ruhrhöhenweg , a hiking trail of the Sauerland Mountain Association , starts northeast below the Ruhrkopf and leads from the Ruhrquelle along the Ruhr to its confluence with the Lower Rhine near Duisburg .

The Küstelberg - Winterberg section of the approximately 154 km long Rothaarsteig , a hiking trail that mainly runs along the main ridge of the Rothaargebirge, leads past the Ruhrkopf and its source . There are two ski lifts and ski slopes on the mountain .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  2. Martin Bürgener: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 111 Arolsen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. →  Online map (PDF; 4.1 MB)