Rehberg (Wasgau) Explained

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:WasgauPalatine 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.

References

  1. Schriftliche Mitteilung des Landesamtes für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz, vom 23. August 2011: „…The exact height [of the Rehberg] was measured in 2002 by laser scanning from an aeroplane. From the points measured we derived the highest point on the terrain to be  m.“
  2. Web site: Turm 2: Rehbergturm . Wanderportal Pfalz . 2011-06-23.

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