Goat head (Habichtswald)
| Goat head | ||
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 The beech group marks the summit of the Ziegenkopf |
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| height | 564.7 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Kassel , North Hesse ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | High Habichtswald in the Habichtswälder Bergland | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 18 '29 " N , 9 ° 22' 9" E | |
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| particularities |
Drusel and Firnsbach source; near: Herbsthäuschen ; earlier with Max-Höfer-Schanze |
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The goat head is 564.7 m above sea level. NHN high mountain top in the Hohen Habichtswald , the highest part of the low mountain range Habichtswälder Bergland (mostly just called Habichtswald ), in the area of the independent city of Kassel in northern Hesse .
The Max-Höfer-Schanze used to be on the mountain . The Herbsthäuschen forest restaurant is close to the mountains .
geography
location
The goat's head rises in the Hohen Habichtswald in the wooded area of the Kassel district of Bad Wilhelmshöhe and is part of the Habichtswald Nature Park . It is located around 750 m south of Ehlener Straße , which runs as state road 3298 from Kassel in the east over the high altitude of the Hohen Habichtswald to Ehlen , the southwestern district of the Habichtswald community , in the west.
Flowing waters
About 250 m northwest of the summit is the source of the Drusel , which flows eastward in the Hohe Habichtswald through the wooded Druseltal and then through built-up parts of Kassel, where it flows into the Fulda . The Firnsbach rises on the southern flank of the mountain and leaves the Hohe Habichtswald towards the south and is a northern tributary of the Bauna .
Natural allocation
The goat's head belongs to the main natural unit group West Hessian mountain and sink country (No. 34), in the main unit Habichtswälder Bergland (342) and in the subunit Hoher Habichtswald and Langenberg (342.0) to the natural area Hoher Habichtswald (342.00). To the south the landscape drops into the natural area Hoofer Pforte (342.01).
Mountain description
On the northeast slope of the Ziegenkopf there are parts of a golf course on which - if there is enough snow - trails leading past the mountain are groomed. In the transition area from the mountain to the east-northeastern Karlsberg, on which the Kassel Hercules stands, is the intersection of the Ehlener Kreuz ( 509.6 m ), from which you can get to Hercules, for example. In the hamlet of Zum Erholungsheim to the west of the intersection, there used to be a recreational home for officials (at least in the 1930s) and the Kneipp children's home Haus Habichtswald (in the 1950s) in a main building that was probably built around 1910, as well as a police riding post next door . Today, there are the special education institute Lauterbad for children, adolescents and young adults (since 2004), the club house of Golf Club Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and the Revierförsterei Habichtswald of Hessen-forestry with forest Laden Habichtswald . East-northeast of the summit is birch weiher with the hikers parking Birkenweg (about 460 m ) and east of the hikers parking Ziegenkopf ( 487.5 m ).
To the south of the Ziegenkopf is the extensive forest and meadow landscape of the three-house hamlet Am Ziegenkopf , which is located at a road stop at a height of 501.1 m . The hamlet includes the mountains below the Tall Grass ( 614.8 m ), Little fall house ( 524.3 m ; with toboggan run), and goat head in Firnsbachtal standing Herbsthauschen (about 480 m ); The rustic forest restaurant was reopened in December 2006 after being destroyed by fire (on the night of December 11th to 12th, 2005) a little west of the former location and structurally much larger. It is not far from the hamlet to the Hohen Gras to the west with its observation tower, mountain restaurant, toboggan run and ski slope and lift.
The Roter Stollen colliery used to be located around 700 m northwest of the Ziegenkopf ; its lignite mining was stopped on October 1, 1938; the Roter Stollen ( 562.5 m ) hikers' car park is nearby. The colliery was served by the Hercules Railway, which ran through the Druseltal to and from Kassel , initially with only goods and later also with people. The last section from Neuholland to the colliery was created in 1918; In 1940 passenger traffic on this section of the route was also stopped. The Herkulesweg runs over the north-west flank of the mountain , along its south flank and past the Herbsthäuschen the Habichtswaldsteig and east past the Märchenlandweg .
Max-Höfer-Schanze
As early as 1925, according to other information in 1928, the first Kassel ski jump was located near the old autumn house on the north slope of the Kleiner Herbsthaus . On this hill, distances of up to 26 m were achieved. After a few years of use, the building fell into disrepair.
As a replacement for this, a new ski jumping hill was built directly on the Ziegenkopf between 1934 and 1936, according to other information only in 1935. The landing track and the run were laid out on the northeast slope of the knoll. The dilapidated hill was blown up in 1956 by US Army soldiers stationed in Kassel .
In 1957/1958 a new ski jump was built at the same place on the Ziegenkopf. It was named after Max Höfer, a jumper from KSV Hessen Kassel , which operates the ski jump , who had a fatal accident in 1954 during a ski jumping event on the Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze . It was a 12 m high wooden structure. The K point was 32 m. The ski jumping hill was inaugurated in February 1958 during a competition in front of 5000 spectators. Widths of up to 40 m, according to other information up to 41.5 m, were possible. Ski jumping took place for the last time in 1972. The rotten structure was blown up in 1980.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Official city map (of Kassel), publisher : Magistrat der Stadt, Vermessungsamt, Kassel, 1995, scale 1: 20,000
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 112 Kassel. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF; 6.9 MB)
- ↑ a b Topographic map Stadtatlas Kassel ( M. = 1: 10.000), publisher : Stadt Kassel, Vermessung und Geoinformation, 2009
- ↑ Lauterberg children's home , civil servants' recovery home and Kneipp children's home Haus Habichtswald , in Wilhelmshöhe and the surrounding area - special places in Wilhelmshöhe and Habichtswald , accessed on April 25, 2019, from kassel-wilhelmshöhe.de
- ^ Map entry Am Ziegenkopf (Ehlener Str. 11–17) in the City Atlas of Kassel (2009); House no. 17 is the autumn cottage
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↑ a b Frank-Roland Klaube: Alt-Kassel - Pictures that tell a story (Stadtarchiv Kassel), p. 94, Wartberg Verlag, October 16, 2017, ISBN 9783831322657 :
- for former ski jumping hills, see section Ski jumpers in Habichtswald
- for the former colliery see section Roter Stollen - ↑ City of Kassel once wanted to develop Hohes Gras into a ski sports mecca , accessed on January 31, 2017, on hna.de.
- ↑ Max-Höfer-Schanze , accessed on January 31, 2017, at skisprungschanzen.com