The Daumberg is an extinct volcano in the
Odenwald
The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the Germany, German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Location
The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße Route, Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried' ...
mountain range with an altitude of 462 m (1,516 ft). The hill lies south of the district of
Trösel in the municipality of
Gorxheimtal near the border to
Wünsch-Michelbach and thus on the border between
Hesse
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
and
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
.
On the Daumberg, many
Christmas trees
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The custom was developed in Ce ...
are cultivated in several plantations. The northern slope of the mountain is used for
snow skiing
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in the winter and in the summer. In addition, there have also been
grass skiing
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championships held there.
Hills of Hesse
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