Sulfur head
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| height | 773.7 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Thuringia , Germany | |
| Mountains | Thuringian Forest / Thuringian Slate Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 32 '49 " N , 10 ° 54' 32" E | |
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The sulfur head is a 773.7 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the district of Hildburghausen in Thuringia at the interface between the Thuringian Forest and the Thuringian Slate Mountains . It is located in the municipality of Schleusegrund, directly on the southern bank of the Schönbrunn dam , just over 1 km northwest of the village of Gießübel .
The back of the Schwefelkopf branches off at the Rennsteig from the Kohlhieb ( 789.5 m ) to the southwest and continues in the Sommerberg ( 755.9 m ). It is bounded to the northwest by the fir and finally the northeast arm of the reservoir, to the west by the outflowing lock . In the southeast the Neubrunn is bounded up to its confluence with the lock in Schönbrunn (also municipality Schleusegrund ).
Neighboring mountains
To the south, beyond the Neubrunn, is the 740 m high Holzberg from the Simmersberg massif , to the west, beyond the lock, is the 768.1 m high Kalte Staudenkopf . Beyond or within the Schönbrunn dam, the Schmalegrundskopf (approx. 770 m) follows in the north, or initially its approx. 20 m lower southern summit, Hohenofenkopf .
The Rennsteig leads east to the Löffelberg, the westernmost foothill of the Eselsberg massif, further over the High Thuringian Slate Mountains.
See also
List of mountains and elevations in Thuringia