White stone (Eifel)
| White stone | ||
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 In Belgium the footbridge leading to the White Stone Rock |
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| height | 690 m | |
| location | - near Hellenthal ; North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) - near Büllingen ; Liege Province ( Belgium ) |
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| Mountains | Zitterwald , Eifel | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 24 '30 " N , 6 ° 22' 13" E | |
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| particularities | Highest mountain in the area of the North Rhine-Westphalian landscape association Rhineland and second highest mountain in Belgium , observation tower | |
The White Stone near Hellenthal in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Euskirchen and Büllingen in the Walloon province of Liège is a 690 m high German - Belgian border mountain in the Zitterwald in the northern Eifel .
geography
location
The mountain Weißer Stein is located on the one hand in the area of the German municipality of Hellenthal in the district of Euskirchen and on the other hand in that of the Belgian municipality of Büllingen in the province of Liège . In the German-Belgian nature park Hohes Venn-Eifel its summit rises about 2 km (as the crow flies ) southwest of the village church of the barely lower Hellenthal district of Udenbreth .
Natural allocation
The White Stone belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Westeifel / Ardennes (No. 28) and in the main unit Rureifel (282) to the subunit Monschau-Hellenthaler forest plateau (282.4). Its landscape falls to the south-east in the main unit Western High Eifel (281) and in the subunit Grenzwald-Ridge (281.2) into the natural area Losheimer Wald (281.21).
Flowing waters
The Hohlesiepen rises on the northern flank of the Weißer Stein mountain , the water of which tends in predominantly northerly directions over the Missebach, Prether Bach , Platißbach , Olef , Urft and Rur, which also flows from this flank, towards the Meuse , and also the Edesbach, whose water mostly goes in westerly directions over the Holzwarche, Warche (with the Bütgenbach dam ), Amel and Ourthe also flows into the Maas. On the eastern side of Miesbach springs and on the south side of the Rabe Siepen whose water until Mosel mainly south flowing through the Wilsambach that Kyll (with reservoir Kronenburger lake ) and Mosel the Rhine achieved.
Mountain height
With its different indications, according to a height of 690 m or 693 m , the White Stone is not only the highest mountain in the Rureifel and North Eifel and the highest elevation in the left Rhenish part of North Rhine-Westphalia, but also the second highest elevation in Belgium, although its highest point ( presumably) a few meters east of federal highway 265 in German territory. It is located in an unspecified position within a wooded area that exceeds the local oval-shaped 690-meter height line and is a little northwest of that on the small access road around 60 m west-northwest of a water container and north of the Weißer Stein parking lot at 689.4 m above sea level . Located at the trigonometric point above sea level .
Protected areas
On the German side of the White Stone : To the north, the landscape of the mountain falls into the nature reserve Prether Bachtal and tributaries ( CDDA no. 344742; designated 2005; 2.04 km² in size) and to the east and south into the NSG Kyllquell area (CDDA no . 344710; 2005; 1.09 km²) from; 81 hectares of the latter are designated as the fauna-flora-habitat area Kyllquellgebiet (FFH no. 5504-305). The small plots of the NSG bunker facilities are spatially separated from each other on the north and east flanks (CDDA No. 344637; 2005; 3 ha). The Euskirchen district landscape protection area (sub-area 1) (CDDA no. 322308; 1981; 795.04 km²) is located on the mountain .
White stone rock
The rock White stone (in Germany White stone called) is about 3 m long rock on Belgian territory, in a wooded area in a small Moor on Boxvenn to 660 m is high and is only accessible via a web. It is located 1.05 km northwest of the actual hilltop and a few meters northwest of the small Edesbach at 50 ° 25 ' N , 6 ° 22' O .
leisure
Sports
On and on the Weißer Stein mountain is the winter sports area of the same name with cross-country ski trails totaling 27 km in length, ski slopes with ski lifts and toboggan runs with lifts.
Weißer Stein weather park
In the summit area, the Weißer Stein weather park exhibition area was built in 2011 , which, in addition to various weather stations, a climatic garden, a phenological garden and an exhibition hall, also houses a memorial for the victims of natural disasters.
Observation tower
In the immediate vicinity there has been a 30 m high wooden observation tower since 1973, which offered a good view of the surrounding area, of the Schneifel , the Hohe Acht , the Aremberg , the Michelsberg , the Nürburg and the Steling . Due to safety deficiencies on the rotten wooden tower (including the load-bearing parts and the stairs), it had to be demolished in November 2011, the maintenance and renovation costs of 120,000 euros were no longer bearable. In July 2013, the council of the community of Hellenthal decided with a narrow majority that a new tower should be built. A development association should support the new building. This tower with a height of 29.5 m was opened in November 2014. It cost about 430,000 euros; The LEADER region carried 190,000 of them . An almost 30 m high climbing wall for outdoor climbers will soon be installed on one side of the tower. Next to the tower there is a barbecue hut and a playground.
Traffic and walking
The federal highway 265 , which connects Hellenthal in the north with Prüm in the south, runs over the White Stone directly on the state border . From this road, about 650 m north-northwest of the hilltop, the state road 110 branches off at an altitude of 673 m in an easterly direction to Udenbreth. From this junction, the White Stone rock in the moor can be reached (approx. 700 m on foot). A few meters south of the summit is the Weißer Stein car park near the B 265 .
Web links
References and comments
- ↑ a b The height reference system is NHN over NAP, see also the section on mountain height
- ^ Amsterdam level ( Normaal Amsterdams Peil ; NAP), based on a bearing mark in Amsterdam
- ↑ "Second General Leveling" ( Tweede algemeine Waterpassing ; TAW), reference height according to the Belgian height reference system, based on a bearing mark near Ostend
- ↑ Nationaal Geografisch Instituut (NGI) , on ngi.be
- ^ Agentschap voor Geografisch Informatie Vlaanderen (AGIV) ( Memento of August 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), on agiv.be
- ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Wetterpark Weißer Stein (official homepage)
- ↑ Hellenthal council approves tower construction. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. July 16, 2013, accessed December 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Lookout tower , in: Sonderbau , accessed on January 30, 2015, on ochs.eu
- ↑ The new observation tower on the Weißer Stein , from the beginning of December 2014 , accessed on January 30, 2015, on weisserstein.info
- ↑ New observation tower on the »White Stone« ( memento from January 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), information on the tower project and climbing wall, from October 22, 2014, accessed on January 30, 2015, on wochenspiegellive.de