Klippeneck

The Klippeneck, photographed from the south a glider. In the middle left of the image Gosheim is seen right on the horizon of Plettenberg can be seen.

The Klippeneck is 980 m above sea level. NHN high mountain on the edge of the Swabian Alb in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden- Württemberg.

Geography

It lies between the mountains and the Bumblebee Hüttenbühl ( 985 m above mean sea level. ) (1002 m above mean sea level. ) - So it's only a slightly elevated terrain point on the escarpment. It is located on the Heuberg, a plateau between Balingen and Tuttlingen, on the boundary Denkingen. The Heuberg breaks in the west for miles steeply to the Baar plateau from.

Segelfluggelände

On the Klippeneck is the Segelfluggelände Klippeneck, Germany's highest Segelfluggelände. On the edge of the flight area now houses a hotel and restaurant with the youth and training center Klippeneck the Baden-Württemberg Air Transport Association.

Weather Station

In addition, a weather station of the German Weather Service is installed. Here, the German solar hour record ( 2329 hours per year) was measured in 1959, but has a limited importance, as only the levels over a period of 30 years are actually statistically significant.

Nature reserve

The area lies in the natural area High Schwabenalb. Per Regulation of the Government Presidium Freiburg 22 April 1996 a naturally forest -free special location on the western edge of the Albtrauf was designated as a nature reserve. It has a total area of 9.2 ha, is called Klippeneck and is conducted with the NSG number 3,220. The CDDA code is 164 144 and the IUCN category IV is