Boßler is a mountain in the
Swabian Alps
The Swabian Jura ( , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of Swabia. It is part of th ...
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Baden-Württemberg
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,
Germany
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Tourism
Located at an elevation of 785 m is the
Boßlerhaus (Bossler House), a working agricultural building run by the local group Friends of Nature Göppingen. It is beside the
Gruibinger Wiesle, a popular hiking destination. 500 m west of the house there is a viewpoint on the escarpment at an altitude of 794 m which offers a view far to the west. The Swabian Alp-North Rim Trail passes through this point.
Plane crashes
Boßler has been the site of several fatal
air crashes. In most cases these were
controlled flights into terrain due to pilots flying into the unexpectedly high mountain in the poor visibility.
* 1940-1945: a German
Ju 88
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and another military plane
* 8 January 1958: two U.S.
F-100D jets
* 17 August 1959: a
Bundeswehr
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Piaggio P.149
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Development
The P.14 ...
* 9 April 1965: a U.S.
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
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helicopter
* 11 April 1965: a
Piper PA-22
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* 14 June 1966: a
Fiat G.91
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The G.91 has its origins in the NATO-organised NBMR-1 competition started in 1953, which sough ...
jet fighter
* 17 July 1979: a
Cessna F 172 H light aircraft
* 28 September 2005: an
air ambulance
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, Christoph 51, on a clear day
[BFU-Bulletin 2005-09, S. 18ff. http://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2005/Bulletin2005-09.pdf?__blob=publicationFile]
See also
*
Boßler Tunnel
References
Mountains and hills of the Swabian Jura
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