Sandkopf (Neuhütten)

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View from the farm road northwards to the Sandkopf with the concrete transmission tower

View from the farm road northwards to the Sandkopf with the concrete transmission tower

height 757.4  m above sea level NHN
location District of Trier-Saarburg , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
Mountains Black Forest high forest , Hunsrück
Coordinates 49 ° 40 '39 "  N , 7 ° 1' 40"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 40 '39 "  N , 7 ° 1' 40"  E
Sandkopf (Neuhütten) (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Sandkopf (Neuhütten)
particularities Transmission tower

The Sandkopf in the Black Forest high forest ( Hunsrück ) is 757.4  m above sea level. NHN the highest mountain in the Trier-Saarburg district , Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located between the places Züsch , Damflos , Malborn- Thiergarten, Börfink and Neuhütten near the Muhl district in the Neuhütten district.

The European long-distance hiking trail E3 , which stretches from the Black Sea to the Iberian Peninsula, runs along the paved agricultural road that passes by . The Pfaffenstraße (historical overland connection) led over the Sandkopf.

The Fuchsbau Jagdhaus auf dem Sandkopf is a single-storey half-timbered building from 1899 and a cultural monument .

US directional radio station Muhl-Züsch

On the sand head, the former was radio position "Radio Relay Site Muhl-Züsch" the US Air Force with a 80 meter high concrete tower and other buildings, which was abandoned in the year of 2007.

In 2012 all buildings were dismantled except for the tower and the enclosure of a high concrete wall. The telecommunications tower is registered with the Federal Network Agency.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. Entry on Jagdhaus Fuchsbau (Neuhütten municipality) in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
  3. Electromagnetic fields - EMF database radio system locations Location certificate no .: 59011379. Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railways, accessed on August 17, 2020 .