The Storkenkopf is the second-highest summit of the

Vosges Mountains The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...

. It is located in the French region of

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, close to the

Grand Ballon The Grand Ballon () or Great Belchen is the highest mountain of the Vosges, located northwest of Mulhouse, France. It is also the highest point of the Grand-Est French region. Name ''Grand Ballon'' means "great ound-toppedmountain" because ...

Etymology

In German and in Alsatian ''Storkenkopf'' means " storks' head".

Geography

The mountain is divided between the French

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of Saint-Amarin, Geishouse, and Lautenbachzell, all belonging to the

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...

''department''. Near the mountain's top is the ''ferme du Haag'', a farm which also provides accommodation.

Access to the summit

The well known

Route des Crêtes Route des Crêtes ( en, Route of the Ridges) is an road in the Vosges Mountains in eastern France, which passes through the Parc Naturel Régional des Ballons des Vosges. It connects Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (north) with Cernay (south) and runs o ...

( French for "road of the peaks") transits not faraway from the top of the mountain, which is possible to reach on foot following a forest service road for about .''Le tour des Vosges en 365 jours - Storkenkopf'', article o
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References

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