Steinkopf (Wetteraukreis)

Steinkopf, seen from the Hausbergturm

The stone head ( 518 m above sea level. NN ) is the highest peak on the eastern edge of the Taunus. With a predominance of 10.170 km and a prominence of 173 m (above the saddle at the court lions tail in Wehrheim ), he is one of the five most independent peaks in the Taunus.

Generally

On the edge of the mountain A leads 5 over. He is right on the western border of the Wetterau district to Hochtaunuskreis between the city Rosbach before the height and belonging to Wehrheim village Pfaffenwiesbach. The environment is often the whole Taunus foothills called Winterstein. Many cards only, this survey is located, even though it is lower. The stone head can still see the elevation of the roof head, 512.6 m be attributed.

According to geological investigations of a company should be between Steinkopf and 3 km away Salzberg ( 341 m) be a meteorite come down, said to have formed the crater-like valley of the driving Bach. Also meteorite minerals were found in the nearby quartzite quarry.

Steinkopf

At the summit there is a 108 m high telecommunications tower ( tower type ), which can be seen in good weather from Frankfurt via the Wetterau up to the Vogelsberg. This is a guideline and mobile plant.

Winterstein

The winter stone is a stone head from about 1 km away, 482 m high hill that does not stand out from the stone head ( seen from the ground ). In 1888 a wooden observation tower was built by Taunusklub Wetterau. In 2004 it was demolished due to disrepair by. Through a citizens' initiative from top Moerler, Bad Nauheim and Friedberg citizens and various donations from companies, institutions etc. succeeded then to build a new, higher and entirely built of Douglas fir wood, five-story wooden tower ( 16.7 m) with a viewing platform. The topping out ceremony took place on 1 May 2005, instead of the opening of the new tower on July 3, 2005. The view to the north includes the Westerwald and the Gladenbacher mountains, in the east of the Wetterau and the Vogelsberg, Spessart and the South East in the south of Frankfurt am Main and the Odenwald. In very good visibility, the view in the south to 180 km away Black Forest, in the east to the Rhön, in the north- east to Keller forest and crumpled, and in the north to the mountains Rothaargebirge.

Routes to the summit

Beginning in the western Pfaffenwiesbach the peak through the little valley of the Wiesbach to the castle Kapersburg and through the forest to cow's head (500 m) and roof over head is easily accessible.