Head of salt
| Head of salt | ||
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 View from the Hochsteinchen to the Salzkopf |
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| height | 627.6 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Waldalgesheim ; District of Mainz-Bingen , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) |
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| Mountains | Binger Forest ( Hunsrück ) | |
| Dominance | 3.65 km → Kandrich | |
| Notch height | 81 m ↓ farm road 715 m west of the Eselstein | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 59 '53 " N , 7 ° 46' 51" E | |
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| Development | Forest paths | |
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The Salzkopf near Waldalgesheim in Rhineland-Palatinate is 627.6 m above sea level. NHN the second highest elevation in the Binger Forest after the Kandrich ( 638.6 m ) and the highest elevation in the Mainz-Bingen district .
geography
location
The Salzkopf belonging to the municipality of Weiler bei Bingen is located about 6.4 km northwest of Waldalgesheim (both in the Mainz-Bingen district), 4.1 km north-northeast of Daxweiler and 5.8 km (depending on the beeline ) north of Stromberg (both in Bad Kreuznach district ).
Natural allocation
The Salzkopf is part of the natural spatial main unit group Hunsrück (No. 24) and in the main unit Soonwald (240) to the sub-unit Binger Wald (240.0). The landscape falls from northwest to north into the natural area north foot of the Binger Forest ( north foot ; 240.00). In addition, it falls to the north - through the eastern tip of this natural area - into the sub-unit Southeastern Rheinhunsrück (244.0), which is part of the main unit Rheinhunsrück (244).
Protected areas
The salt head is in the conservation area Rhine area from Bingen to Koblenz ( CDDA -No 323852;. Reported 1978 403.28 square kilometers ) and the Fauna Flora Habitat -region Binger Wald (FFH No. 6012-301;. 32.68 ha ) .
Salzkopfturm and transmission masts
A few meters northeast of the Salzkopf summit is the 24 m high Salzkopfturm observation tower , from where you can enjoy the view of the Hunsrück , the Middle Rhine Valley and the hill country of the Rhine- Hesse region . There is a transmission mast around 120 m southwest of the summit and another transmission mast 500 m south-southwest of it.
Traffic and walking
Coming from Waldalgesheim, the district road 29 leads mainly northwest to the wooded Salzkopf, which bends south at the Lauschhütte forester's lodge at 583.4 m above sea level and shortly afterwards changes to the K 36, which runs south-south-west to Daxweiler. From the Lauschhütte you have to cover an approx. 800 m long forest path to the east-northeast to the summit with the Salzkopfturm. Signposted paths also lead to Siebenburgenblick and Kandrich . The European long-distance hiking trail E8 leads over the mountain .
Fighter jet crash
On April 7, 1964, a squad with two F-86-Saber Mk.6 fighter planes started from the then- horse field at that time for a "low-level flight near the airport" exercise. After both aircraft had already flown over the Salzkopf once, the 28-year-old pilot, Oberleutnant Frank Segelitz, who was flying the second aircraft with the identification JC-118, lost his orientation during another overflight, and the aircraft crashed at around 10:45 a.m. thick fog apparently after touching the treetops in the forest near the Salzkopf. The pilot was killed in the process. The machine was armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder and HVAR missiles . Comrades erected a memorial cross a short time after the accident. On the occasion of the deceased pilot's 70th birthday, a board with explanations about the accident was put up in 2006 as part of a private initiative.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ Heinrich Müller-Miny, Martin Bürgener: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 138 Koblenz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1971. → Online map (PDF; 5.7 MB)
- ↑ Harald Uhlig: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 150 Mainz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1964. → Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ "Drei Buchen" are complete again ... , August 7, 2014, accessed on August 14, 2017
- ↑ The plane that crashed on the Salzkopf, fully upgraded, the day before the crash ( memento from September 14, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on October 7, 2013, from natoflugplatz-pferdsfeld.de
