Bobenthaler Knopf

Bobenthaler Knopf
View of the Bobenthaler Knopf from Napoleon Rock. Foreground: the municipality of Bundenthal; right rear: the northern Black Forest.
Highest point
Elevation	534 m above sea level (1,752 ft)
Coordinates	49°04′03″N 7°52′33″E / 49.0675°N 7.87583°ECoordinates: 49°04′03″N 7°52′33″E / 49.0675°N 7.87583°E
Geography
Bobenthaler Knopf Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Parent range	Palatine Forest

The Bobenthaler Knopf ("Bobenthal Knob") is a hill, 534 m above sea level, in the southeastern Wasgau, the name given to the region covering the southern part of the Palatine Forest in Germany and the northern part of the Vosges in France.

The hill is located entirely within the territory of the municipality of Bobenthal, from which it derives its name. It lies about two kilometres east of the main settlement. In the west it descends relatively gently to the valley of the Wieslauter stream; in the east it drops considerably more steeply into the valley of the Reisbach. The Bobenthaler Kopf is covered by mixed woods. A footpath leads to the summit from the south.^[1] It forms the centre of the 319 hectare Bobenthaler Knopf Core Zone in the Palatine Forest Nature Park.^[2] About 1.5 kilometres to the south lie the Rittersteins of Löffelkreuz and Eselsschleifhäuschen.^[3]

The Bobenthaler Knopf in winter

References

1. Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Landesamt für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz: Digital Topographic Map 1:50,000, Deutschland Viewer, retrieved 26 November 2009
2. Landesverordnung über den „Naturpark Pfälzerwald“ als deutscher Teil des Biosphärenreservats Pfälzerwald-Nordvogesen dated 22 January 2007, retrieved 26 November 2009
3. http://www.rittersteine.de/schanz1.htm