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Alarmstange
The Alarmstange, at , is the highest point in the Montabaur Heights, a hill ride on the southwestern edge of the Westerwald. It lies near Horressen in the county of Westerwaldkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Together with the Köppel and the Lippersberg, the Alarmstange forms the centre of the ridge, on which is the largest contiguous woodland area in the Westerwald. Name The Alarmstange owes its name to the fact that in 1809 French soldiers built an optical signal station there. In 1853, a post was erected that acted as a trigonometric point for the surveying of the Rhineland which was begun by Jean-Joseph Tranchot and continued by Friedrich Carl Ferdinand von Müffling. From 1894 it was used for the Prussian state survey. The post was moved in 1969 by around five metres and, in its place, a granite post was erected. Geography Location The Alarmstange stands within the Nassau Nature Park. The boundary of the borough of Montabaur, whose town lies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köppel (Westerwald)
The Köppel, at , is the second highest point in the Montabaur Heights, an elongated hill ridge in the Lower Westerwald in Germany. It is second only to the nearby Alarmstange (545.2 m) and lies on the boundary between Montabaur and Dernbach in the county of Westerwaldkreis in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. At the summit is the Köppel viewing tower. Name In the Westerwald dialect ''Köppel'' is the general name for a hill or mountain, possibly related to the Alemannic word ''Kapf'' meaning a mountain or hill with a good view. It probably goes back to the original Frankish term for high points in the terrain and means "small head". Geography Location The Köppel is located within the Nassau Nature Park. Its summit is on the boundary between the parish of Dernbach, whose village is 4 km to the northeast, and the borough of Montabaur, whose town is 5.7 km to the east. The majority of the summit region is on the Dernbach side. To the west-southwest, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montabaur Heights
The Montabaur Heights (german: Montabaurer Höhe) are a 10 to 15 kilometre long, mostly wooded hill ridge in the southwestern Westerwald in Germany and lies mainly within the county of Westerwaldkreis. The ridge is geographically classified as sub-natural region 324.1 of the Lower Westerwald (major unit 324) and has its highest hill, the Alarmstange, whose summit rises six kilometres west of the town of Montabaur and about 12 km northeast of Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili .... Literature * Mischa Ferdinand, Ursula Braun: ''Die Farnflora der Montabaurer Höhe'', Zweckverb. Naturpark Nassau, 1997 {{Authority control Westerwaldkreis Regions of the Westerwald Central Uplands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillscheid
Hillscheid is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Hillscheid lies northeast of Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Höhr-Grenzhausen, a kind of collective municipality. History Many finds in the area of the village meadows show that there were already Celtic settlers here in Hallstatt and La Tène times. With the building of the limes came the Romans. They built not only walls, moats and watchtowers, whose traces can still sometimes still be made out, but also a small fort, whose outer foundations, however, may now only be viewed in reconstruction. It is assumed that the community of Hillscheid came into being sometime between 959 and 994. The community's first documentary mention, as ''Hiensceit'', appears in a document uttered by Archbishop of Trier Ludolf (994-1008) about the year 1000. At the request of Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerwald
The Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Massif ( or Rhenish Slate Mountains). Its highest elevation, at 657 m above sea level, is the Fuchskaute in the High Westerwald. Tourist attractions include the (394 metres), site of some Celtic ruins from La Tène times (5th to 1st century BC), found in the community of the same name, and Limburg an der Lahn, a town with a mediaeval centre. The geologically old, heavily eroded range of the Westerwald is in its northern parts overlaid by a volcanic upland made of Neogene basalt layers. It covers an area of some , and therefore roughly , making the Westerwald one of Germany's biggest mountain ranges by area. In areas of subsidence, it has in its flatter western part (Lower Westerwald) the characteristics of rolling hills. Typical for the economy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refuge Hut
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E1 European Long Distance Path
The E1 European long-distance path, or just E1 path, is one of the European long-distance paths designated by the European Ramblers' Association. It has a total length of some . It begins in Norway at Nordkapp, and crosses the Kattegat between Sweden and Denmark by ferry. It passes through Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland to finish at Scapoli, Italy. This path was extended southwards to Sicily, in Italy in 2018. Specific E1 waymarks are only seen in some locations such as at border crossings or at intersections with other paths, instead, the signs and markings of the local routes which make up the E1 are used. The path is described here in a north to south direction, although it is waymarked in both directions. Norway During 2010–2011, the Norwegian Trekking Association created a marked hiking trail from Nordkapp to Kautokeino. Also following the Nordkalottleden Trail and Grensesømmen, this extended the E1 all the way to the North Cape. The Nordkalottleden Trail (Kautok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesstraße 49
The Bundesstraße 49 is a German federal highway. It forms part of E40 and E44, running from Alsfeld, Hesse to Langsur Langsur is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mesenich Mesenich is a small German village belonging to the ''Ortsgemeinde'' of Langsur. It is located on the north of the verbandsgemeinde, near the ..., Rhineland-Palatinate near the Luxembourg border. References 49 Roads in Hesse Roads in Rhineland-Palatinate {{Germany-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Limes Road
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Landesstraße
''Landesstraßen'' (singular: ''Landesstraße'') are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads that cross the boundary of a rural or urban district (''Landkreis'' or ''Kreisfreie Stadt''). A ''Landesstraße'' is thus less important than a ''Bundesstraße'' or federal road, but more significant than a ''Kreisstraße'' or district road. The classification of a road as a ''Landesstraße'' is a legal matter (''Widmung''). In the free states of Bavaria and Saxony – but not, however, in the Free State of Thuringia – ''Landesstraßen'' are known as ''Staatsstraßen''. Designation The abbreviation for a ''Landesstraße'' consists of a prefixed capital letter ''L'' and a serial number (e. g. L 1, L 83, L 262 or L 3190). ''Staatsstraßen'' in Saxony are similarly abbreviated using a capital ''S'' (e. g. S 190) and the ''Staatsstraßen' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Quality
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Topographical Map
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Lower Westerwald
The Lower Westerwald (german: Niederwesterwald) is a region, over 1,300 km2 in area, in the west of the German hill range, the Westerwald, in the north of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and, for small elements, in the south of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It reaches a height of 544 metres, 12 km northeast of Koblenz at the Montabaur Heights. From a natural region perspective the Lower Westerwald is major unit 324 within the Westerwald (natural region), major unit group of Westerwald (32). In the south it also includes the historical cultural landscape of the Kannenbäckerland. The north(west) part of the Lower Westerwald is also called the Vorderwesterwald ("Anterior Westerwald") because, seen from Cologne and Bonn, it is at the front (''vorne'', "anterior") of the Westerwald. Its boundaries, however, only vaguely defined. Another description is Unterwesterwald ("Under Westerwald"). It surfaces frequently in the names of clubs and institutions, but is not howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
