Kesselberg (Palatinate)
Peak area of the boiler Bergs
The boiler Mountain near Edenkoben in Rhineland-Palatinate County Southern Wine Route is with 661.8 meters above sea level. NHN after Kalmit ( 672.6 m) the second highest mountain of the Palatinate Forest and the third highest in the Palatinate (highest Donnerberg 686.5 m).
Geographical location
The boiler Mountain is located in the mountain range as the Kalmit the Haardt between the Edenkobener valley in the north and in the south Modenbachtal. From the Rhine valley from the mountain by the upstream Blättersberg is hidden (618 m). A view of neighboring regions in the Palatinate Forest is practically non-existent due to complete afforestation of the mountain.
Glacial basins
On the summit plateau is different, marked as glacial basins in hiking maps are rocks with conspicuous round depressions in the sandstone. In addition to an undetectable origins as a Celtic sacrificial bowls the formation was interpreted as potholes ( potholes ). However, potholes cause a mighty ice sheet, which must have lain on the field. Evidence, such as glacier scrapes etc., missing throughout the Palatinate region. A periglacial situation as it is discussed for the last ice age, is thus questionable. A new interpretation is based on simple weathering processes in different composite sandstone games.
The old name tag on the Kesselberg was replaced with a new sign. This will be entertaining, but also scientifically dealt with the emergence of the wells.
Access
Access to the mountain can be done from the path Pin Bender space and Kohlplatz. From connecting the two main hiking trail branches a small, furnished in 1953 and named after the historian Friedrich Sprater trail from the summit. The Bender space is accessible from the hikers parking Lolosruhe and the forester's house Heldenstein, the Kohlplatz from the Modenbachtal and the Edenkobener valley in the Edenkobener hut.
Gallery
Ritterstein 185 at the Dr. - Sprater path
Old nameplate on the boiler Mountain (July 2005)
New sign on the Kesselberg (May 2012)
Glacial basins, General View
Glacial basins, partial view