Totenkopf (mountain)

Skull

The skull in the district of Breisgau in the Black Forest in Baden- Württemberg is 556.6 m above sea level with. NHN is the highest elevation of the low mountain Emperor chair.

Name

His name should have the mountain of the executions carried out there, the King Otto III. On 22 December 994 imposed during his court tags in Leiselheim.

Geography and Landscape

The skull is around 1.9 kilometers east of Bickensohl, a southeastern suburb of Vogt castle, and about 3.5 km west-northwest of Bötzingen. The mountain itself is, among other things, nuanced black forest peaks, such as the Schauinsland or the Feldberg, easily recognizable. The skull, on the contrary to most areas in the Imperial chair no wine is grown, is covered with mixed forest.

At the top is the telecommunications tower Vogt castle skull and on the Ostkuppe the collection, Nine Linden Buck ( 555 m above sea level. NHN ), the observation tower nine Linde tower ( Lage48.0808333333337.6725 ), from which the view, for example, to the Black Forest can be enjoyed.

Approach

Accessible is the summit among other Ihringen from over trails that lead through the courts for Martin Lilienhof and from there to the skull, or even a hiking trail from the picnic area Lenzberg past the nine Linde tower to the skull. Even from the other side of the Emperor chair several hiking trails lead to the mountain, which can be reached by Oberrotweil also a non-public road.

Nine Linde tower on the Nine Linden Buck