Staufenberg (Vellmar)

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The Staufenberg is a 361.2 m above sea level. NN high hill at Vellmar in the district of Kassel, North Hesse ( Germany ).

Geography

Location

The Staufenberg rises northwest of Vellmar to which he belongs urban area, just north of Heckershausen, south-southeast of Calden and southwest of Espenau. Beyond its southern flank and its Südsüdwestausläufer, the Stahlberg ( 347.9 m above sea level. NN ), shall render its wooded landscape in the valley section located at Heckershausen the ancestor from. On the eastern flank of the mountain, a common, fast -developed road -like section of national road runs 7 and 83

Watershed

About the summit of Staufenbergs runs the Diemel Fulda watershed, part of the right elongated Diemel-Eder/Fulda/Weser-Wasserscheide: The water of all streams that initially in a northwesterly and then flows in a northerly direction, reached by Staufenberg sooner or later on the sophistication and Diemel the Weser; the counter reach the small rivers that flow into southeastern and eastern directions about the ancestor or aspen and Fulda the Weser.

Nature Spatial allocation

The Staufenberg heard in the main physiographic unit group West Hessian mountain country and sinks ( number 34) or in the main unit Hessian West Valley (343 ) for natural space Langen and Staufenberg board ( 343.51 ).

Excursions

• Castle Wilhelm Thal - Rococo Castle - 2 km northwest of the Staufenbergs