White stone (Odenwald)
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| height | 548.9 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany | |
| Mountains | Odenwald | |
| Dominance | 5.8 km → Königstuhl | |
| Notch height | 130 m ↓ Unter-Abtsteinach | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 27 '13 " N , 8 ° 43' 24" E | |
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| particularities | - Weisser-Stein Turm ( AT ) - Weisser Stein telecommunications tower |
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The White Stone is 548.9 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the Odenwald , north of Heidelberg and east of Dossenheim .
On the White Stone is the White Stone Tower , a 23 m high observation tower that was built in 1906 by members of the Odenwald Club and is now a listed building. In good weather, the tower offered a view of other high mountains in the Odenwald such as Melibokus , Katzenbuckel , Tromm and the Neunkircher Höhe , but is now largely overgrown by tall trees. In the vicinity of the tower is the Weißer Stein mountain restaurant , which includes a beer garden.
The driveway to the White Stone offers a demanding profile for cyclists. If you start from the beginning of the ascent in the center of Dossenheim (height of main road no. 5), the distance to the observation tower is 6.31 km. There is a difference in altitude of 432 meters, which corresponds to an average gradient of 6.8%. The steepest sections are in the lower third between the Evangelical Church and the end of the serpentines of the forest road at the level of the three oak log cabin with a maximum of 15%. Some distance from the observation tower and the restaurant there has been a 108 m high telecommunications tower for Deutsche Telekom AG and another antenna carrier since 1976 . The telecommunications tower is a type 11 tower .
Coordinates:
- Observation tower: 49 ° 27 ′ 11 ″ N , 8 ° 43 ′ 23 ″ E
- Telecommunications tower: 49 ° 27 ′ 15 ″ N , 8 ° 43 ′ 26 ″ E
- Additional antenna support: 49 ° 27 ′ 10 ″ N , 8 ° 43 ′ 17 ″ E
Telecommunication tower on the white stone
Observation tower on the White Stone
On the white stone in winter
Weißer Stein photographed from Neu-Edingen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Specification of the tower height according to private measurements
- ^ "Tower on the White Stone" ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 23, 2018