Ziegenkopf (Habichtswald)

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The goat head is a 564.7 m above sea level. NN high hilltop in the High Hawk Forest, the highest part of the low mountain hawk forests Bergland (usually just called Hawk Forest ), in the territory of the independent city of Kassel in northern Hesse.

Geographical location

The goat's head rises in the High Hawk Forest in a wooded area of the Kassel district of Bad Wilhelm height and is part of the Natural Park Hawk Forest. It is located approximately 750 m south of the Ehlener road which leads as the state road 3298 from Kassel in the east over the high altitudes of the chief hawk forest after Ehlen, the south-western part of the municipality Hawk Forest, in the west.

Mountain Description

On the northern slope of the goat head are parts of a golf course, in the winter - when there is enough snow - past the mountain leader trails are groomed. Near the local intersection Ehlener Cross ( 509.6 m), from where you can reach, for example, to Hercules, is a health and education institute Lauterbad (child and youth center ), formerly as Kneipp children's home or officials convalescent home; also hiesig settled by a / m police cavalry division or - Post is talk.

On the mountain was until 1980 a ski jump made ​​of wood, whose landing slope and outlet were created on the northeast flank of the mountain top. Northeast of the dome is the Birkenweiher with the trail parking lot Birkenweg (approx. 460 m), from which one can reach (about 490 m) to the nearby trail parking lot goat head.

On the southern flank of the mountain springs of Firnsbach who leaves the High Hawk Forest in the south and a northern tributary of the Bauna is. South is located in large areas of grasslands hamlet on goat head ( 501.1 m), from which it ( 614.8 m) with a lookout, mountain restaurant, toboggan run and ski -lift and is not far to the west located mountain Tall grass. A few hundred meters south of the hamlet is below the mountains Tall grass and Little Autumn House ( 524.3 m), also here is sledging in winter, and goat head in Firnsbachtal the rustic Waldgaststätte autumn cottage (approx. 480 m), after destruction by fire ( in the night of 11 December 12, 2005) was just west of the former location and opened structurally much larger in December 2006.

Approximately 250 meters northwest of the summit is the source of Drusel, the eastward flowing in the High Hawk Forest by the Druseltal and then by Kassel to open there in the Fulda. Approximately 700 meters to the northwest of Mount was formerly the bill Red galleries, their operation has been reported variously set in 1940 or 1941 and was operated by the driving through the Druseltal to and from Kassel Herkulesbahn; the same trail parking lot (about 565 m) is located near the former colliery.

About the northwestern flank of the goat head runs the Herkulesweg, on his southern flank and past the autumn house the Hawk Forest trail and passes east of the fairy tale land.