Scherhol
| Scherhol | ||
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 The GR 53 near the Scherhol |
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| height | 506 m | |
| location | Lower Alsace , Alsace , France | |
| Mountains | Vosges | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 2 '0 " N , 7 ° 53' 30" E | |
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The Scherhol ( 506 m ) (after TK 50 507 m) is an elevation located immediately south of the Wieslauter on the long-distance hiking trail GR 53 in the Parc naturel regional des Vosges du Nord in the Vosges west of Wissembourg (Weißenburg in Alsace).
history
On the Scherhol as the end point of the Weißenburg lines , a redoubt was built in 1708 under the Maréchal de Villars , the remains of which can still be seen. In 1795 an optical telegraph station was set up from Paris to Mainz . In 1875 the German administration set up a trigonometric pyramid. The wooden signal tower, maintained by the Vosges Club and operated as a lookout tower, has stood on the summit since 1884 . When this became dilapidated, it was replaced in 1894 by a 14.6 m high, round, slightly conical stone tower with a viewing platform made of ashlar, which was inaugurated on July 28, 1895. A bronze orientation board installed in 1906 was removed during the First World War . When the German troops withdrew during World War II , the tower was blown up in March 1945. Reconstruction plans were not carried out, the material was used to build the chalet refuge on the Col du Pigeonnier.
tourism
The Scherhol is visited from Wissembourg on the GR 53 or from the Col du Pigeonnier (with the shelter of the Vosges Club ) on the road from Wissembourg to Climbach . Another marked ascent option is from Sankt Germanshof .
Web links
- historical notes (French), with photos (PDF; 5.7 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Signal Hohe Derst (PDF; 406 kB) in: Winfried Lang: The Optical Telegraph in the Palatinate Forest - a collective mistake?