Rehberg | |
Elevation: | (576.8disp=output onlyNaNdisp=output only) |
Isolation: | 7 km → Orensberg (581.2 m) |
Prominence: | 320.6 m ↓ Basin northwest of Hauenstein, junction of L 495 with the B 10 (256.2 m) |
Range: | Wasgau → Palatine Forest |
Listing: | Second highest hill in the Wasgau |
Location: | near Waldrohrbach; Südliche Weinstraße county, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) |
Map: | Germany Rhineland-Palatinate |
Coordinates: | 49.1817°N 7.9703°W |
Type: | conical hill/ridge |
Geology: | Rock units: Bunter sandstone and Zechstein |
Age: | 251–243 MYA, 256–251 MYA |
The Rehberg is a prominent hill,,[1] in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. After the Grand Wintersberg (ca. 581 m) in French North Alsace, the Rehberg is the second highest hill in the Wasgau (French: Vasgovie), the Franco-German region that forms the southern part of the Palatine Forest and runs from the valley of the River Queich to the Col de Saverne . The Rehberg is also the highest hill on German soil in the Wasgau. As part of the Palatine Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve it has been placed under special protection measures.
It lies two kilometres south of the town of Annweiler and has an observation tower at the summit named the Rehberg tower after the hill.[2] The tower offers visitors an unhindered panoramic view over large parts of the Palatine Forest and Upper Rhine Plain as far as the hill chains of the Odenwald, Black Forest and Vosges.