Wurmloh Pass
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| Pass height | 652 m above sea level NN | ||
| Upper Franconia , Bavaria | |||
| Watershed | Röslau ( Eger / Elbe ) | Gregnitz ( Naab / Danube ) | |
| expansion | State road | ||
| Mountains | Fichtel Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 59 '58 " N , 11 ° 56' 32" E | ||
The Wurmloh Pass is a saddle between the Kosseine and Hohe Matze mountain ranges in the Fichtelgebirge (northeast Bavaria). At 652 m above sea level, the state road St 2665 runs across the pass in a north-south direction from Kemnath and Brand (Upper Palatinate) to the district town of Wunsiedel in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains .
Surname
The pass is named after the place Wurmloh , which is passed through at the pass and belongs to the municipality of Nagel .
Hydrology
The main European watershed between the Black Sea and the North Sea runs through the Wurmloh Pass from east to west . The streams south of the apex flow over Gregnitz , Naab and Danube to the Black Sea , the streams north over Röslau , Eger and Elbe to the North Sea.
tourism
On the European main watershed, the main hiking trail Höhenweg, marked by the Fichtelgebirgsverein , runs in the Kossine-Hohe Matze section .
literature
- Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Dictionary. Ackermannverlag, Hof 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 .
- Wilhelm Müller: Alte Passlagen im Fichtelgebirge , in: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia, Volume 41 (1961), p. 53