Rauhhügel
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The Rauhhügel is a 812.9 m high (above sea level
) mountain
located in the Thuringian Highland
, Thuringia
(Germany
).
It is located close to the municipalities of Schmiedefeld
and Lichte
and the Leibis-Lichte Dam
in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park
within walking distance of the Rennsteig
.
The Leipzig tower on top of the Rauhhügel is 17.5 m high. It has viewing platforms on two levels, the upper at 14&nbbsp;m, from which in good weather one can see far into the surrounding mountains of the Thuringian Highland, the Thuringian Forest
and to mountains of the Fichtelgebirge
and the Erzgebirge, including:
There is a guesthouse at the base of the tower.
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
) mountain
Mountain
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located in the Thuringian Highland
Thuringian Highland
The Thuringian Highland or Thuringian Highlands is a low range of mountains in the German state of Thuringia.- Geography :The Thuringian Highland borders on the Thuringian Forest to the southwest...
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
(Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
).
It is located close to the municipalities of Schmiedefeld
Schmiedefeld
Schmiedefeld is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany close to the Thuringian Rennsteig....
and Lichte
Lichte
thumb|220px|Wallendorfer Porcelain Manufacture, Oct. 2006thumb|220px|[[Leibis-Lichte Dam]], 102.5 m highLichte is a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig.- Geography :...
and the Leibis-Lichte Dam
Leibis-Lichte Dam
The Leibis-Lichte Dam is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. It impounds the River Lichte and lies between Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and Unterweissbach. To that particular Storage reservoir belongs the Deesbach Forebay...
in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a Kreis in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Weimarer Land, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, the district Kronach in Bavaria, and the districts Sonneberg, Hildburghausen and Ilm-Kreis.-History:The district dates back to the Landratsamt...
in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park
Thuringian Forest Nature Park
The Thuringian Forest Nature Park is one of the two nature parks in Thuringia.The 1990 founded park has a size of 2082 km². It extents around the Rennsteig and comprises almost the entire Thuringian Forest and the Thuringian Highlands with Eisenach in northwest and Sonneberg in the south...
within walking distance of the Rennsteig
Rennsteig
The Rennsteig is a ridge walk as well as an historical boundary path in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Highland and Franconian Forest in central Germany....
.
| Description | Height above sea level Sea level Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation... |
Direction | Particularity |
| Mutzenberg | 770.0 m | SW | Coniferous forest |
| Spitzer Berg Spitzer Berg (Thuringian Highland) The Spitzer Berg is a 790.3 m high mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia .It is located close to the municipality of Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park within walking distance of the Rennsteig.-See also:* List... |
790.3 m | W NW | Coniferous forest |
| Rehhecke | 707.0 m | NW | Coniferous forest |
| Assberg Assberg (Thuringian Highland) The Assberg is a 703 m high mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia .It is located close to the municipalities of Deesbach, Meura, Reichmannsdorf, and Schmiedefeld and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park.... |
703.0 m | N NE | |
The Leipzig tower on top of the Rauhhügel is 17.5 m high. It has viewing platforms on two levels, the upper at 14&nbbsp;m, from which in good weather one can see far into the surrounding mountains of the Thuringian Highland, the Thuringian Forest
Thuringian Forest
The Thuringian Forest running northwest to southeast, forms a continuous stretch of ancient rounded mountains posing ample difficulties in transit routing save through a few navigable passes in the southern reaches of the German state of Thuringia. It is about long and wide...
and to mountains of the Fichtelgebirge
Fichtelgebirge
The Fichtelgebirge is a mountain range in northeastern Bavaria, Germany. It extends from the valley of the Red Main River to the Czech border, a few foothills spilling over into the Czech Republic. It continues in a northeastern direction as the Ore Mountains, and in a southeastern direction as...
and the Erzgebirge, including:
- Neuhaus am Rennweg (830 m)
- Ochsenkopf, (1.024 m) Fichtelgebirge
- Schneekopf, (1.051 m) Fichtelgebirge
- Fichtelberg, (1.214 m) Erzgebirge
There is a guesthouse at the base of the tower.
See also
- List of Mountains and Elevations of Thuringia