Mosisberg

Aerial view of Mosisberg with the former radio system

The Mosisberg near Hofstätten in Rhineland-Palatinate County Southwest Palatinate region is an approximately 610 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the middle part of the Central Mountains Palatinate Forest and in front of the White Mountain ( 609.9 m) the highest mountain in the mountain part francs pasture.

Geography

Location

The Mosisberg located in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park and Biosphere Reserve Palatinate Forest. Its summit rises in the municipality of Wilgartswiesen on the boundary of about 2.3 km south -lying hamlet Hofstätten. The mountain is part of the Franks pasture, which represents a central massif of the Palatinate Forest. He is the second most northern mountain a series of four peaks that exceed 600 m. In the north of Eschkopf looms ( 608.3 m ) to the south of the Hoard head follow ( 606.2 m) and the White Mountain ( 609.9 m). About Eschkopf, Mosisberg and Hort head Pfälzische the main watershed between the Moselle / Middle Rhine runs ( west ) and Upper Rhine ( east ).

Nature Spatial allocation

The Mosisberg part of the natural environment " Palatinate Forest ," which is classified in the systematics, edited by Emil Meynen and Joseph Schmithüsen manual of the biogeographic structure of Germany and his subsequent publications as Greater Region 3rd order. Looking at the internal structure of the natural environment, so it belongs to the Franks pasture or to " High Palatinate Forest ," a core area of the Middle Palatinate Forest.

In summary follows the natural spatial allocation of Mosisbergs so following system:

Mountain height

The eastern area of ​​the summit region of Mosisbergs with the 610 m high mountain peak is referred to as Long head. Near the end of a leading over the summit region path is a 608.7 -meter-high office; just to the west of it is on topographic maps an unlabeled contour line listed, which might represent the 610 -meter contour line, so that the mountain in the inner region of the ring height can still be slightly higher. In the western part of the summit region, which still extends over the 602.5 -m contour line, is the rock Prussia stone, which got its name from the guard of the Prussian army, which stood on the Long head during the revolutionary wars. From Prussia stone about to the southwest leads the landscape of Mosisbergs to his spur Badischköpfchen over ( 595.6 m).

Mosisbruch

In a high-level trough, about 700 m southeast of the Mosisberg summit, there was formerly a rain bog ( peat bog ), the Mosisbruch. It was powered by a two-kilometer long river, which flows from the right shortly afterwards in the upper reaches of Queich influx Wellbach.

Reserves

The western edge of the Mosisbergs whose elongated ridge is predominantly forested with beech and oak trees, fall - below the national road 496 - in the Fauna- Flora-Habitat area biosphere reserve Palatinate Forest ( FFH-Nr. 6812-301; 359.97 km ²) and in the bird sanctuary Palatinate Forest ( VSG-Nr. 6812-401; 30.233 km ² ) from.

U.S. radio relay system

Previously retired over the entire summit region of Mosisbergs a military radio system (radio relay site) of the U.S. Air Force. While located on the eastern Long head only scanty remains of the plant, a small part of the system with two standing there radio towers in operation and separately from the surrounding area is secured with decaying buildings located near the befindlichem in the West Prussia stone yet.

Transport and Hiking

East past the Mosisberg leads the winding state road 48 It runs from Speyer high in the north, by locust Cross, on the Eschkopf high altitudes, then the Mosisberg and passing through the Wellbachtal leading to Annweiler am Trifels in the south. The intersection to Iggelbach a bus stop in the summer months on Sundays and public holidays will be twice each served by Neustadt. From the B 48 branches slightly south-southeast of Locust Cross and northwest of the Mosisbergs to 534.3 m height, the national road 496, which leads through the western highlands of Prussia on stone by gluing. Of these branches, a short track as closed to the public access road from Prussia to stone. The streets in Mosisberg and Eschkopf area are classified as challenging because of their ascents of sporting cyclists.

From Mosisberg from it is possible to glues, Kaiserslautern Mölschbach, Elmstein and wander through the forest lodges Taubensuhl and Heldenstein almost to Neustadt on continuous ranges of hills without falling below the 450 -m contour line. In the transition region to the northern Eschkopf runs near which the southern variant ( Thunder Mountain Eschkopf King chair ) of the European long-distance route E8; it is passed from locust cross over the marked " Red Cross" is identified Franken- Hessen- Kurpfalzweg including through the territory of the Franks pasture.

References and Notes

• Mountain in Europe
• Mountain in Rhineland -Palatinate
• Mountain under 1000 meters
• Mountain in the Palatinate Forest
• Wilgartswiesen