The Großer Feldberg ('Great Field Mountain') is, at a height of 879.5 metres, the highest elevation of the Taunus mountains, and of the entire Rhenish Massif . It is situated in the Hochtaunuskreis district in Hesse , Germany .
7-691: The Feldberg/Taunus transmitter mast is set at the top of the mountain. A lookout tower affords long-distance views onto the Taunus hills to the North and West and over and beyond the Rhein-Main plain to the South and East. A restaurant and a small hut offer food and drinks. The mountain is accompanied by the Kleiner Feldberg , a subsidiary of 825 m at a distance of 1.3 km to the south-west, and
14-456: A lack of parking spaces near the top are a common sight on weekends in fine weather. Feldberg Feldberg may refer to: Places [ edit ] Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg , a municipality and village, Germany Feldberg, a village and part of Müllheim , Baden-Württemberg, Germany Feldberg, a village and part of Feldberger Seenlandschaft , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Feldberg,
21-546: A settlement and part of Ebbs , Austria Mountains and hills [ edit ] Feldberg (Kaiser) (1,813 m), a mountain in the Kaiser Mountains, Tyrol, Austria Feldberg (Black Forest) (1,493 m), the highest mountain in the Black Forest of Germany Feldberg Pass Großer Feldberg (879 m), highest mountain of the Taunus, Hesse, Germany Kleiner Feldberg (826 m), second highest mountain of
28-546: The 798-metres-high Altkönig , 2.3 km to the south-east. There is a considerable uncertainty on the exact height of the Großer Feldberg, because the height given in the various sources varies up to several metres. The treeless summit of the Großer Feldberg and the surrounding forests are a popular destination for motorbikers and cyclists in the summer, tobogganers and cross-country skiers in winter, and hikers year-round. Two small rope tow ski lifts are located on
35-422: The North and West slopes of the mountain at the village of Oberreifenberg, and a larger ski lift used to extend up the North slope almost to the summit until the 1980s. The former lift track is popular with tobogganers. The summit is easily reached from Frankfurt in approximately 30 minutes via roads from Oberursel , Königstein or by bus from these towns. Since the top can be easily reached by car, crowds and
42-931: The Taunus, Hesse, Germany Feldberg (Hessian Rhön) (815.2 m), a mountain in Hesse, Germany Feldberg (Bavarian Rhön) (570.2 m), a hill in Bavaria, Germany Feldberg (Olpe) (556.2 m), hill in the county of Olpe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Surname [ edit ] David Feldberg (born 1977), American professional disc golfer Girts Feldbergs (born 1993), Latvian swimmer Meyer Feldberg (born 1942), dean of Columbia Business School from 1989 to 2004 Ojārs Arvīds Feldbergs (born 1947), Latvian sculptor Wilhelm Feldberg (1900–1993), German-British-Jewish physiologist and biologist Other uses [ edit ] 10666 Feldberg , an asteroid Feldberg (band) , an Icelandic band Feldberg Foundation , an Anglo-German scientific exchange Topics referred to by
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