Große Aschkoppe

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The Great Aschkoppe near Haina in Waldeck- Frankenberg in northern Hesse is with 639.8 meters above sea level. NN by desert garden and Hoher Lohr 's third highest mountain in the Central Mountains basement forest and is considered dog 's local mountain.

Geography

Location

The Great Aschkoppe located in the Natural Park basement Edersee. The summit of the wooded mountain rises about 3 km east of Löhlbach, a northern part of the municipality of Haina, to the territory of the mountain belongs mainly. Over the east the boundary with Bad Wildungen whose southwestern district dog village about 1.5 km (depending on distance) north-northeast of the summit lies.

At the Little Aschkoppe ( 606.8 m), the Western foothills of the Great Aschkoppe, springs from the Eder inflow Wesebach. Am Hain (approx. 570 m), a southwestern foothills of the mountain, is the source of Gehlinger Bach, the first right tributary of the Wohra; just north of the mountain springs from the Schwalm- inflow Urff.

Watershed

About the South ( west) foot of the Great Aschkoppe runs a section of very elongated Rhine -Weser watershed, which changes its direction from there south to north ( from the Vogelsberg ) east-west (for Rothaargebirge ). For example, while the water of the brook Gehlinger in most south-westerly direction across the Wohra, ohms and Lahn flows the Rhine, the water flows into the Urff predominantly north-easterly direction over Schwalm, Eder and Fulda to the Weser.

Nature Spatial allocation

The Great Aschkoppe heard in the main physiographic unit group West Hessian mountain country and sinks ( number 34) in the main unit Kellerwaldsteig ( 344) for natural space means cellar Forest ( 344.1 ).

Transport links and walking

Federal highway 253 runs in Section Dog Village Löhlbach approximately 1.3 km north-west as in east-northeast -west southwest direction at the Great Aschkoppe over, runs over the eastern section dog village - Hüttenrode in north-south direction of the Diemel -Eder- way.