The Schimmelkopf or Weiskircher Höhe is a mountain that rises in the Schwarzwälder Hochwald (part of the Hunsrück ) on the boundary between the counties of Trier-Saarburg ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) and Merzig-Wadern ( Saarland ) and, at 694.8 m above sea level (NHN) , is the second highest peak in the German state of Saarland.
9-840: The Schimmelkopf rises in the southwestern part of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald along the northern state border of the Saarland. Its summit lies within the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park , about 4.8 km north of Weiskirchen (Saarland), around 3.7 km southeast of Mandern and circa 3.3 km south of Waldweiler (both in Rhineland-Palatinate). North of the Schimmelkopfs rises the Ruwer tributary of Burkelsbach and, to its west,
18-955: The Siebenbornbach , whose waters flow through the Winkelbach into the Burkelsbach. To the west-southwest lies the source of the Holzbach and on the southern flank is that of its tributary, the Schlittentaler Bach. On the southern mountainside in the area where it transitions to the Teufelskopf rises, in the east, the Kübelbach, which feeds the Wahnbach that runs to the southeast of the Schimmelkopf. In
27-607: The 20th century the Dollberg and the Schimmelkopf (at the Weiskircher Höhe) were named as the highest points in the Saarland with their heights given in whole metres as 695 m . According to more precise measurements by the State Office for Cadastre, Survey and Mapping ( Landesamt für Kataster-, Vermessungs- und Kartenwesen ) in 2005, the Schimmelkopf measures 694.8 m and is thus around 0.6 m lower than
36-560: The Dollberg which makes it only the second highest peak in the Saarland. Nevertheless, on official maps neither the name nor its official height of 695.4 m will be found next to the summit of the Dollberg. This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Germany is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saar-Hunsr%C3%BCck Nature Park The Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park ( German : Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück )
45-610: The free municipality of Morbach ( Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich ) and the large county town of Idar-Oberstein ( Birkenfeld ). There are seven core zones in the Rhineland –Palatinate part of the park, which are specially protected: The mountains and hills in the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park include the following – sorted by height in metres (m) above sea level ( Normalnull or NN; unless otherwise stated these are referenced from state map service ): One of
54-455: The municipality of Eppelborn , in the parish of Dirmingen . In Rhineland-Palatinate the nature park lies on parts of the territories of the following boroughs and collective municipalities: Saarburg , Konz , Ruwer , Kell am See , Hermeskeil ( Trier-Saarburg ), Thalfang , Bernkastel-Kues ( Bernkastel-Wittlich ), Kirchberg/Hunsrück ( Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis ), Herrstein-Rhaunen , Birkenfeld and Baumholder ( Birkenfeld ) and parts of
63-494: The nature park lies wholly within the town boroughs and local municipalities of Perl , Mettlach , Losheim am See , Merzig , Weiskirchen , Wadern , Beckingen , Rehlingen-Siersburg , Wallerfangen , Nonnweiler , Tholey , Nohfelden , Oberthal , Namborn , St. Wendel and Freisen . It also lies partly on the territories of Lebach , in its municipalities of Dörsdorf and Steinbach , the municipality of Schmelz , in its parishes of Dorf , Limbach and Michelbach and within
72-857: The nature park's projects is the 218-kilometre-long "premier" long-distance path , the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig from Perl on the border with Luxembourg via Mettlach , Weiskirchen and the Roman city of Trier to the Prims Reservoir , continuing via the Erbeskopf , the circular rampart of Otzenhausen , to the Wildenburger Kopf and finally to Idar-Oberstein . 49°34′N 6°46′E / 49.56°N 6.76°E / 49.56; 6.76 Verbandsgemeinde Saarburg Too Many Requests If you report this error to
81-743: Was established in 1980 and covers an area of just under 2,000 km² in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland . The authority responsible for the nature park is the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park Society ( Verein Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück ) with its headquarters in Hermeskeil . In Hermeskeil the society runs an "experience museum" and one of six information centres. In the Saarland ,
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