Daumberg

The Daumberg with a part Trösels

The thumb mountain is an extinct volcano in the Odenwald with a height of 462 m above sea level. NN. The Daumberg located in the south of the district Trösel in the community Gorxheimertal near the border with custom -Michel Bach, and thus on the border between Hessen and Baden- Württemberg.

On the Daumberg many Christmas trees are grown in several plantations. The northern slope of the mountain is used for skiing in summer and winter and for Grasski found already Championships at the Daumberg instead. On Daumberg the Grundelbach, a stream of 1971-1972 namesake for the community " Grundelbachtal ", today was Gorxheimertal springs. At the top there is a transmission tower that gives the mountain its characteristic appearance. In addition, many extensive hiking trails open to the field and around the Daumberg.

Daumberg and Waldkopf enclose the eastern part Trösels, the so-called " upper village".

Views

Trail

Peak Forest

Ski run

Sheep run

Daumberg from the street

View from the top

Comments

Maps

• Hessian Landesvermessungsamt: TF 20-9, The Überwald. Topographic Recreation Map 1:20,000. Wiesbaden: Hessian Land Survey Office, 2000, ISBN 3-89446-293-0