Grand Wintersberg | |
Elevation: | (581disp=output onlyNaNdisp=output only) |
Range: | Vosges |
Location: | Alsace, France |
Map: | France |
Coordinates: | 48.9786°N 7.6147°W |
Type: | Bunter Sandstone |
At,[1] the Grand Wintersberg (German: Großer Wintersberg) is the highest hill in the North Vosges in Alsace, France.
The Grand Wintersberg lies about four kilometres northwest of Niederbronn-les-Bains. The massif separates the valleys of the Falkensteinerbach and the Schwarzbach. At its summit, which is made of Bunter Sandstone, stands a 25-metre-high observation tower, which offer hikers an outstanding panoramic view over the North Vosges, the Palatine Forest and the Upper Rhine Plain across to the Black Forest.
At the 514-metre-high saddle between Grand and Petit Wintersberg (Col de la Liese) is a hut, the Chalet du Wintersberg, managed by the Vosges Club, as well as the Liese, a Gallo-Roman, sphinx-like sandstone relief. Celtic relicts may also be found on the hill of Ziegenberg to the southeast.