Sachsenburg (Rhön)

Sachsenburg
View from the north (Emberghütte)
height	720.9  m above sea level NHN
location	Thuringia , Germany
Mountains	Rhön (Vordere Rhön)
Coordinates	50 ° 42 '46 "  N , 10 ° 4' 34"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 42 '46 "  N , 10 ° 4' 34"  E

The Sachsenburg is 720.9  m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Rhön in the western part of Thuringia . It is located around 1.8 km southwest of Oberalba , a north-western part of the municipality of Dermbach in the Vorderen Rhön at the interface with the Kuppenrhön . Your northern secondary peak is 691.6  m above sea level. NHN high Röderburg , which is also known as Röderberg or Hessenkuppe . Here old boundary stones testify to the course of the border with Hesse in earlier times. Today it runs in a south-southwest direction at least 4.8 km away. On the Röderberg there are ring walls made of basalt stones , which are interpreted as a building from the early La Tène period . The Zeller Kopf is located south of Röderberg and Sachsenburg ( 693.8  m above sea level ). The area is heavily forested and has tourist routes with hiking trails.

See also

• List of mountains in the Rhön

Web links

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

• Photos of the basalt columns

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ↑ Hesse summit on Hessen encyclopedia , accessed on November 20, 2012