Hohes Gras

Mountain restaurant and observation tower at the Tall Grass

• Habicht forests Bergland
• Habichtswald Nature Park
• Kassel
• Kassel district

Facilities:

• Observation tower
• Transmitter
• Berggaststätte
• Climbing Forest Kassel
• Winter sports area

The Tall grass is 614.8 m above sea level. NN is the highest mountain in the hawk forests highlands and the highest part of the High Hawk Forest. It rises in the territory of the independent city of Kassel and Kassel district of Northern Hesse.

On the mountain there is a lookout tower with transmitter and mountain restaurant, the climbing forest Kassel and on the southeastern slope a winter sports area.

• 2.1 Description and History
• 2.2 prospect possibility

Geography

Location

The Tall grass is in the nature park Hawk Forest in the district of Kassel, Bad Wilhelm height and the area directly south of its summit in the Kassel district adjacent municipality looking castle. As well hidden in the forest and only gently rising knoll it falls into the high altitudes of the forest hawk hardly noticeable.

Neighboring mountains or foothills are: Big pile of stones in the north, goats head in the northeast, Little Autumn house in the southeast, in the south-southwest Kaulenberg, Ahrensberg with the near hill Uhlenstein in the west and vinegar mountain in the northwest.

South-southwest of the summit of the High Grass stems from the Rehgraben, which flows past the east to the south on Kaulenberg to open north of Schauenburg Hoof in the Bauna source Bach Small Bauna.

Nature Spatial allocation

The High Grass belongs to the physiographic feature unit group West Hessian mountain country and sinks ( number 34) or in the main unit hawk forests Bergland ( 342) for natural area High Hawk Forest ( 342.00 ).

Lookout tower with transmitter and Berggaststätte

Description and History

The summit of the mountain the lookout tower Tall grass with transmitter and to the tower fronting the Berggaststätte Tall grass. Both stone buildings stand in the Kassel City area; directly along the south leading past in west-east direction forest road is the boundary of the municipality Look castle.

The tower is to the roof measured 30.7 m high; above it are the antennas of the transmitter. The terrain at the base of the tower is on 614.7 m in height. Its observation deck is located on 27.7 m ( 24.7 m original tower height plus 3 m increase from 1969 ), which is 642.4 m above sea level. NN corresponds.

The foundation stone of the tower took place on 24 May 1888 the tower inauguration on May 18, 1890. The time required for the construction shack was first obtained and allowed a regular serving of the ever-increasing crowd of visitors. Therefore, a mountain restaurant has been requested with beer garden, whose completion was followed on 15 November 1904.

1925 resulted weather-related damage to the immediate deletion of the tower for visitors and the first " basic renewal". The Hessian- Waldeckische mountain and Folk Society acquired the property in 1929. During the Second World War (1939-1945), the tower was damaged in December 1944 by bombs and seized by the U.S. military administration in April 1945.

The Oberpostdirektion Kassel took over 1947 above the observation deck of the tower installed transmitter - later also from the Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) used. Since 1953 the building was again accessible for hikers. For the transmission system and for an increase in the height of the tower view from 1969 to 1970 by the Preussen Elektra ( PREAG ) was equipped with a modern, architecturally adapted to the tower base construction.

The second " basic renewal" of the tower took place from 1985 to 1987.

View opportunity

The viewing platform is decades mostly surmounted by crowns of many trees, which restrict and interrupt the all-round visibility greatly. However, in a clear day the Rothaargebirge in the west, parts of the Eggegebirge in the northwest, the Köterberg and Solling region in the north, Reinhard Forest and resin in the northeast, Kaufunger forest and Hoher Meißner in the east, and between branches are partly to see the Rhön in the southeast. In the surrounding area you can see the tops of Wattenberg, Isthaberg and Big Bear Mountain ( with Bear Mountain Tower ) and the nearby telecommunications tower hawk forest on the mountain vinegar.

Uhlenstein

Between the high grass and the Ahrensberg located in the district of Kassel, in the municipal area of ​​forest the hawk Uhlenstein ( ⊙ 51.3070277777789.3480555555556 ), a gentle hill of at least 607.5 m height, whose forest landscape drops to the south in the Schauenburger municipality. On the Uhlenstein is a water reservoir, north of it spreads the former training area Ehlen from.

Herkulesbahn

A coming from the direction of New Holland stretch of the operated from 1902 to 1966 Herkulesbahn led from 1918 past the goat head with the Red mine tunnels to the high grass. Thither they transported goods and from 1925 until final closure of the section in 1940 and people. Other routes ran among other things, to Brasselsberg and eponymous Hercules.

Hiking and Sports

Numerous forest paths invite the High Grass for walks and hikes; among other things, runs the Herkulesweg and also the extra tour H3 of the hawk forest walkway over the High grass and past the Uhlenstein. In winter in particular attracts the Ostsüdosthang of the mountain as a winter sports resort visitors: On the southeast slope of a ski lift ( Bar surface lift) is a 510 m long ski slope. Parallel to the runway runs an approximately equally long toboggan run. Both have around 80 m height difference and both crossing a trail. Since 16 May 2009, is near the summit of the climbing forest Kassel.

Approach

The Tall grass can drive on the wide road connecting Kassel- Ehlen ( from east to west Druseltalstrasse, called In Druseltal and Ehlener road, country road 3296 ) be approached. From the east or west, turn around at the highest point of the road - following the signs Tall grass - south on a former tank road and then on a road to the car park on the hilltop from. One can also travel by the buses of the CCG, which hold about 350 m northwest of the summit.