Wolfsküppel

Wolsküppel (center) from the observation tower on the horse head, the left of it Riedelbach

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The Wolfsküppel is a 545 m high mountain in the Taunus.

Location

The Wolfsküppel is in the Hoch-Taunus district within the boundaries of the municipality Weilrod between the hamlets Riedelbach, Altweilnau and Finsterthal and belongs to the eastern Hintertaunus. He is the highest mountain Weilrods. It is located south of the horse head in the east it falls relatively steeply to Weiltal. He is almost completely forested, if the saddle between it and the three kilometers in the south-west distant Judenkopf not count, which is the natural boundary between the southern and the north-eastern Niedgesbach Riedelbachtal. Book prevail, but also oak and spruce trees in particular are represented.

" Hexentisch "

Relative awareness among mineral collectors enjoy the Wolfsküppel by former mining activities on its northeastern side. The first mention of the mine in 1869, finally closed it in 1914 due to inability to pay. The finds from this as Emilie II or Hexentisch known (due to an adjacent rock formation ) are widely used to mine minerals exchanges. Found cerussite, galena, malachite, pyromorphite and quartz.