Wengeberg
| Wengeberg | ||
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 Wengeberg in October 2017 |
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| height | 442 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Breckerfeld , Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis , North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Breckerfeld plateau , Altenaer saddle | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 14 '52 " N , 7 ° 28' 0" E | |
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The Wengeberg is 442 m above sea level. NN the highest point in the city of Breckerfeld and the Ennepe-Ruhr district in North Rhine-Westphalia . Since Breckerfeld belongs to the Zweckverband Regionalverband Ruhr , the mountain is the highest elevation in the Ruhr area in administrative terms . In addition, the Wengeberg is the highest elevation of the Breckerfeld plateau , the westernmost mountain range of the Altenaer saddle in the Sauerland in Brandenburg .
Geographical location
The double-capped Wengeberg is located south of the city of Breckerfeld on the watershed between the river systems of Volme and Ennepe . The north-eastern summit ( 441 m above sea level ) is forested. The state road 528 leads on the south-western summit to a maximum of 438.2 m above sea level. NHN . Wengeberg , which belongs to Breckerfeld, is located there .
Buildings
The summit of Wengeberg is the location of a transmission tower and a restaurant.
Its exposed location served as the location for station 45 of the Prussian optical telegraph line between Berlin and the Rhine Province as early as the middle of the 19th century .
On August 5, 1894, the town and rural community of Breckerfeld built an iron observation tower on Wengeberg , which was given the name Hohenzollern Tower . The busts of the three emperors of the German Empire were placed in the basement and the tower came into the possession of the Breckerfeld department of the Sauerland Mountain Association (SGV). The tower was demolished in the first half of the 20th century.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
- ^ Walter Hostert : History of the Sauerland Mountain Association - Idea and Action - Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow. Published by the Sauerland Mountain Association, Arnsberg, 1966.
- ↑ View of the Hohenzollern Tower ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A painting in the restaurant on Wengeberg indicates a standing time from 1897 to 1921, but as early as 1895 the tower was listed as a lookout tower of the SGV in the Sauerland mountain range, edition 4/1895.
