The Dollberge are a small mountain range in the northern Saarland and the adjoining part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. They form a southeastern element of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald , a region in the Hunsrück mountains, and are up to 707.4 m above sea level (NN) .
6-608: The Dollberg is a mountain in the Dollberge range in central Germany and the highest point in the state of Saarland . It is 695.4 m above sea level (NHN) and lies within the Schwarzwälder Hochwald on the boundary between the counties of Trier-Saarburg ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) and St. Wendel ( Saarland ). The Dollberg lies within the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park , on
12-825: The Dollberg (all distances as the crow flies ). West of the wooded mountain on the River Prims is the Prims Reservoir (Nonnweiler Dam) . In the 20th century the Dollberg and the Schimmelkopf (Weiskircher Höhe) were seen as the highest points in the Saarland, both being measured at 695 m. According to more precise surveys by the State Office for Land Registration, Survey and Mapping ( Landesamt für Kataster-, Vermessungs- und Kartenwesen ) in 2005,
18-475: The Dollberg at 695.4 m is around 0.6 m higher than the Schimmelkopf. The summit of the Dollberg is covered by mixed woodland that blocks all views of the surrounding area. Only a sign that describes it as the "highest point of the Saarland" marks the top. However, official maps neither record the name of the Dollberg nor its surveyed height of 695.4 m. In the area of the southwestern spur of
24-435: The Dollberg, between the mountain and Nonnweiler, is the roughly 2.5 km long circular rampart of the hillfort of Otzenhausen , which was a Celtic refuge castle ( oppidum ). Dollberge The Dollberge are an elongated chain of low mountains running from southeast to northwest through the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park roughly from Nonnweiler (Saarland) to Börfink (Rhineland-Palatinate). The southwestern tip of
30-665: The Dollberge lies in the northern Saarland near Nonnweiler; the larger northeastern line of the mountain ridge is located within Rhineland-Palatinate. The mountains of the Dollberge include the following – sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level (NN) : Between the Dollberge and the Schwarzwalder Hochwald is the Prims Reservoir through which the River Prims flows. A tributary of the Prims,
36-479: The northern state boundary of the Saarland with the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in the southwest of the Dollberge range. Its summit rises 1.4 km south of Neuhütten (Rhineland-Palatinate), on whose territory the mountain is located, 3.5 km north-northeast of Otzenhausen , 3.8 km northwest of Eisen and 4.5 km northeast of Nonnweiler (Saarland) in the municipality of Sötern which, as part of Nohfelden lies 5.3 km southwest of
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