Großer Nickus

Small Nickus (left) and Big Nickus (right), seen from the upper cell

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The Great Nickus is a 558 meter-high hill in the eastern Main- Kinzig-Kreis in the field of community Sinntal 2.5 km northwest of the district the upper cell in the state forest Altengronau.

The forested mountain belongs to the Spessart Nature Park is the natural area but expected to Brückenauer Kuppenrhön. In fact, the upcoming on the Great Nickus in overgrown blocks of basalt corresponds to the rock of the Rhön because the Spessart red sandstone predominates.

900 m south of the mountain rises the 488 m high Small Nickus. Between the two peaks of the L3141 Upper cell goes according Gundhelm. This road reaches up to 20 percent slope 1.8 km north- west of the Great Nickus to an unnamed hilltop at 563 meters its highest point.