Neunkircher Höhe
Neunkircher height of the Southwest
The Neunkircher height is 605 m, the highest elevation in the Hessian part of the Odenwald.
Geographical location
The Neunkircher height is 605 meters above sea level, the highest point in the Middle Odenwald and forms a more than a mile long wooded ridge extending in a circle mountain road, at the northeastern end of the eponymous district of the town of Neunkirchen share. This belongs to the municipality Modautal and thus to the Darmstadt- Dieburg. The highest point of Neunkircher level with the Emperor's Tower thereon belongs to the district Gadernheim in the community Lauter. The eastern side of the Eleonore clinic is part of the district Winterkasten.
On the western slope of the Neunkircher height where the spur of the Wester gable and the Mitre stone lies, spring the River Vltava and the volume and on the eastern slope of the Mergbach (formerly Gersprenz source).
Kaiserturm
On the Neunkircher height of 34 m high tower was built in 1906 as Emperor pure observation tower. His predecessor was a 24 m high wooden tower which was built in 1888 at the same place. This was torn down on 11 February 1904 in a stormy night. From the tower you can look very far on the Odenwald and in good weather on the Hessian Ried addition to the Pfalz and Frankfurt am Main to in the Taunus. In the Emperor's Tower is " the highest economy" of the Odenwald. Only for their opening times on weekends can also be climbed the tower.
Name
As with the naming of the Odenwald, the researchers, from where the name " Neunkirchen " is debatable. On the one hand there is the tradition that there should have been allegedly sometime 9 full churches or places of worship. So far, there are no findings that support this hypothesis.
The other assumption is rather in the real domain. At its peak ( after major wars about ) it is said to have drawn all 9 communes to Neunkirchen, since it was the only place still had an intact church. And since then specified all the churches, that it was their church, there were nine parishes and as it was called in the old German " nine- churches ".
Hiking
The Alemannenweg is a 132 km long walking path predicate and runs as a circuit of Michel city over the Neunkircher height, Bensheim -Auerbach, Frankenstein Castle and Veste Otzberg back to the starting point. On Alemannenweg are many historical attractions.
Winter sports
A winter sports area is located on the Neunkircher height with a flat wide slopes for skiing and sledging, which is equipped with floodlights. A ski lift of about 350 meters long leading to the start of the runway at 470-530 meters above sea level. NN. At earlier time was still a second backpack lift with a length of 300 meters in use, but was dismantled. Since the winter of 2009/2010 is the ski lift, for cost reasons, as the owner says no longer in service.
Radar Tower
From the mountain road clearly visible, the parabolic antenna of an SRE - M system turns on the radar tower MSSR Neunkircher height ( 592 m above sea level. NN ). Each of these six nationwide facilities has an effective radius of about 145 NM ( nautical miles equivalent to 270 km). The plant is used for monitoring the southwest German airspace and was formerly with staff of the German Air Traffic Control (DFS ) occupied. End of the nineties he was converted to unmanned operation. The information is transmitted via radio to the DFS to Langen and its own ground wire to the control centers in Karlsruhe and Maastricht. Only for repair and maintenance man come to the tower. So that guests are not disturbed by the driving noise of the antenna, the tower is built in the forest and barely visible in the vicinity.
The radar tower of the DFS