Raichberg

The Raichberg (956 m above sea level. NHN ) is a distinctive collection and a part of the Albtrauf the south-western Swabian Alb on the boundary of the district Albstadt Onstmettingen in Zollernalbkreis.

Environment

On the summit of Mount Raich are the migrant 's home " Nägelehaus " the Raichberg Tower, an observation tower of the Swabian Alp Association as well as a transmission tower. The observation tower offers an excellent panoramic view, in suitable weather to the Black Forest and the Alps.

An almost three hundred meters of deeper saddle connects the Raichberg with the upstream Hohenzollern Castle. The Zeller Horn at the top and the oven rocks on the northern edge of the plateau give a clear view of the castle.

By the Neckar River and its tributaries, the relatively soft middle Jurassic strata of the Albtrauf are ever removed until the Upper Jurassic denudation more resistant topcoat nachbricht, whereby the northern edge of the Swabian Alb ever recedes. From this retrogressive erosion reflects particularly impressive the Hangendenstein, an upcoming rock face (yet ) forms the eastern edge of the Raichberg Plateau. But it is already separated by about two meters wide and 200 meters long gap from the demolition Raichberg solid and is completely cancel one day and plunge into the valley. In 1879, there was already a landslide in the order of around 315,000 square meters in the hanging wall of stone. The upstream Traufhang places is littered with large, up to several meters mighty blocks. The Hangendenstein located on the northeast edge disorder ( Raichberg disorder ) of the Hohenzollern trench. Due to its grave inner layer is made from his rock Massenkalken of Jurassic δ ( Kimmeridgian ).

Immediately below the summit dome is a sight - Kohlenmeiler the Swabian Alp Association. This is exactly where charcoal was burned until the mid 19th century. An information board about the history of charcoal making and the promotion of bean ore on the Zollernalb.

Just a few hundred meters from the charcoal kiln away is the youth center "Fox Farm", a former silver fox farm, which was purchased by the Swabian Albverein in 1964 and converted into a youth walking home.

Transmitter

On the Raichberg is since 1950 a basic network channels of SWR (formerly of Südwestfunk ) for radio and television, the station Raichberg with a highly visible, established in 1971, today 137 -meter-high steel tube mast.