Geisberg (Geisberger Forst)

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The Geisberg is about 585 m above sea level. NN high hill of the Franconian Alb in the unincorporated area Geisberger forest in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg, Bavaria ( Germany ).

Geographical location

The Geisberg rises in the Franconian Switzerland Nature Park Veldenstein Forest within the Franconian Switzerland. It is located in the wooded forest Geisberger between the immediately adjacent municipalities of Strullendorf in the south, Litzendorf in the northwest, the Holy City in the east and also the unincorporated area Hauptsmoorwald in the West.

Northwest of the Geisberg is Melkendorf, a district of beyond lying Litzendorf, and north of the district Litzendorfer wage village. To the east are the Heiligenstädter districts Duke Reuth and Lindachstraße. The Strullendorfer districts Zeegendorf, Mist Village, Leesten lie south with Geisfeld in the southwest.

At the northwest edge of the small Geisberg Otterbach arises as aforesaid by the two districts Litzendorfer flowing left source stream of the Gründl One of Bach. A few kilometers east passes through the Heiligenstadt municipality of Leinleiterbach as a tributary of the Wiesentfels. South of the mountain is from Zeegenbach (also called goat Bach) happens, which flows through the three first-mentioned Strullendorfer districts as Regnitz inflow.

Reserves

The entire Geisberg and most of the Geisberger Forst located in the extreme southern part of the Fauna- Flora-Habitat area " Albtrauf of Dörnwasserlos to Zeegendorf " ( FFH-Nr. 6032-371 ) and also belong to the western part of the company founded in 2001 and 1021.64 acres of landscape protection area " Franconian Switzerland Veldenstein Forest " ( LSG-Nr. 322697 ).

Transmitter

On the Geisberg Bayerischer Rundfunk operates the transmitter Bamberg / Geisberg. From a 107 m high concrete tower FM and DAB broadcast.