The Stübenwasen () is the sixth highest mountain in the

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after the Feldberg (),

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Seebuck At a height of the Seebuck is the second highest mountain the Black Forest after the Feldberg It is located in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Geography The mountain rises in the Southern Black Forest immediately southeast of the ...

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() and the

Belchen The Belchen, , or Black Forest Belchen (german: Schwarzwälder Belchen) is the fourth-highest summit of the Black Forest after Feldberg (Black Forest), Feldberg, Seebuck and Herzogenhorn. The municipalities of Münstertal, Black Forest, Münstert ...

(). It is the highest point on the ridge between

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and Feldberg and is only separated from the latter by a wide saddle. To the north is the St. Wilhelm Valley, to the south the Wiesental with

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and

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Vegetation and use

The summit of the Stübenwasen is not wooded. The sudden transitions to forest show, however, that this is not a natural

treeline The tree line is the edge of the habitat at which trees are capable of growing. It is found at high elevations and high latitudes. Beyond the tree line, trees cannot tolerate the environmental conditions (usually cold temperatures, extreme snowp ...

. The Stübenwasen would not be treeless just on account of its height; the treeline here, about 100 kilometres north of the nearest north

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peak could be expected to lie at about 1,650–. The highlands are used in summer as cattle pasture, in winter as a ski area.

Tourism

The Stübenwasen is thus well developed for tourism, although it is not accessible by car, like for example the Feldberg or the

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. West of the summit is an inn, the ''Berggasthaus Stübenwasen'' (1,270 m), built in 1935. It is accessible in summer on the footpath between Feldberg and Notschrei, and in winter on the '' Stübenwasenspur''. In addition lifts run from

up the Stübenwasen, the Stübenwasen Lift (1,000 m long, from to ) and the Stübenwasen Summit Lift (''Gipfellift'') (400 m long, from to ).

References

External links

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* http://www.freiburg-schwarzwald.de/stuebenwasen.htm Hiking on the Stübenwasen {{DEFAULTSORT:Stubenwasen One-thousanders of Germany Mountains and hills of Baden-Württemberg Mountains and hills of the Black Forest