Ofenberg (Wolfhagen)

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The furnace mountain at Wolf Hagen, North Hesse Kassel district is 372.5 m above sea level. NHN high mountain to the west of the Hessian highland belonging Wolfhager hill country.

Geographical location

The furnace mountain rises in the nature park Hawk Forest directly east of the center of Wolf Hagen. North of the mill water flows past in approximately southwest-northeast direction on the mountain as a tributary of the Erpe. To the east of the mountain passes an agricultural plateau high above the wooded High back ( 341.5 m) to the mountain on the Help ( 366.2 m; former location of the castle Help Berg) on villages Philippinenburg and - thal. Southeast of the mountain and south of this Wolfhager districts rises the massive Isthaberg ( 523.1 m), west flows through the valley as Wolfhager southwestern mill water inflow of small Limeckebach.

Nature Spatial allocation

The furnace mountain is located in the physiographic feature unit group West Hesse Highlands (No. 34) in the main unit Ostwald Ecker edge sinks ( 341 ) on the border of natural areas Eringer Valley ( 341.30 ) in the west and Altenhasunger trench ( 341.33 ) in the east, both for Wolfhager hills ( 341.3 ) belong.

Mountain Description

On the wooded mainly of beech Ofenberg is since 1964 the observation tower furnace mountain - tower, from which falls the view, inter alia, Wolf Hagen. A few meters to the southwest below hilltop and tower located besides Wanderparkplatz the Forest Restaurant Wolf tavern. On track leading to the summit, a water tank exists. On the southern slopes of Mount oven (small oven Mountain ) is the county hospital clinic Hesse Wolf Hagen.

Transport and Hiking

To the south and south-east past the furnace mountain passes between Wolf Hagen and Philippinenburg county road 102 from this branches off running to the aforementioned hospital impasse, from which in turn a blind alley a road leads to the summit. Forestry, forest and hiking trails traverse the mountain and forest landscape of the furnace mountain, through inter alia, between Wolf Hagen and Nothfelden a section of the trail fairy tale land, between Wolf Hagen and Altenhasungen such a student path and also a portion of the circuit hike Eco - path cultural history Wolf Hagen.

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