Wachbühl

Wachbühl
	Wachbühl
height	792.7 m above sea level NHN
location	Baden-Württemberg , Allgäu foreland
Mountains	Riß-Aitrach-Platten , Donau-Iller-Lech-Platte
Coordinates	47 ° 52 '23 " N , 9 ° 58' 16" E Coordinates: 47 ° 52 '23 " N , 9 ° 58' 16" E
particularities	Lookout point and highest point in the former Oberamt Leutkirch

The Wachbühl is 792.7 m above sea level. NHN high vantage point in space stem Bad Wurzach in the district of Ravensburg .

Location and geography

The Wachbühl is the highest elevation in the Bad Wurzach area, the Zeiler gravel field and in the former Oberamt Leutkirch . The lookout is located on the district of Seibranz and granted on clear days, an overview of the entire chain of the Alps , the Allgäu foothills and Upper Swabia .

To the north you have a good overview of the heavily wooded Marstetter gravel plain , Danube valley and Swabian Alb . All rivers that arise in the Wachbühl area flow northwards are therefore drained via the Danube river system . Nearby is the tobel-like Teufelsloch. At least once a year a mountain mass or a mountain service is celebrated on the Wachbühl .

Five kilometers southwest of the terminal moraine from the Ice Age , at an altitude of 745 meters, is the residence of the princely family and former owner of the Hereditary Office of the Holy Roman Empire of Waldburg-Zeil , Zeil Castle . The palace complex is located on the district of Reichenhofen and thus belongs to the town Leutkirch im Allgäu .

Natural allocation

The Wachbühl is naturally assigned as follows:

(to 04 Donau-Iller-Lech-Platte )
(for 041 Riß-Aitrach plates )
(to 041.2 Altmoränenplatten between crack and Rottum )
041.22 Old moraine plates around the Wurzacher Ried

Within the unit 041.22, in the south of which it is located, the Wachbühl is the highest elevation.