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Großer Farmdenkopf
At , the Großer Farmdenkopf is the highest peak in the Thuringian Highland. It is situated in the county of Landkreis Sonneberg, Sonneberg in the German state of Thuringia. Location The Großer Farmdenkopf is the highest point of the Wurzelberg massif in the northwest of the county of Landkreis Sonneberg, Sonneberg southeast of Goldisthal, which lies in the deeply incised Schwarza (Saale), Schwarza valley, and northwest of nearby Scheibe-Alsbach, which is a little further away and sprawls out above the river in the same valley. The whole of the massif lies north of the Rennsteig and thus in the Northern High Slate Mountains (''Nördlichen Hohen Schiefergebirge''). Isolation and prominence With a topographic isolation of over 20 kilometres, the Großer Farmdenkopf is one of the most dominant mountains in Thuringia. Only the Großer Finsterberg (944 m), 21.3 km away, the Großer Eisenberg (907 m) and Neuhäuser Hügel (892 m), 21.8 km away to the northwest, are highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großer Finsterberg
The Großer Finsterberg is a mountain, , in the Thuringian Forest not far from the villages of Stützerbach and Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig. It is the third highest peak in the German state of Thuringia. Description The volcanic origin of the Großer Finsterberg may be seen clearly from the conical shape of its summit, which tilts markedly towards the west. Apart from the summit plateau, the mountain is completely covered by a nearly natural cotton-grass, cotton and reed grass spruce woodland and in most places there is no shrub layer. On the plateau a special mountain pasture vegetation has formed with baldmoney, veronica (plant), veronica and St. John's wort. Location Subpeaks and boundaries One kilometre away to the north-northeast is its smaller brother, the Kleiner Finsterberg or ''Finsterberger Köpfchen'' (). Two less spectacular eastern subpeaks, 2 to 3 kilometres distant both bear the name ''Rosenkopf'' ( and ). To the west, northwest and north the Finsterberg is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
