Geishöhe

Geishöhe
Highest point
Elevation	521 m (1,709 ft)
Coordinates	49°50′36″N 9°19′00″E / 49.84333°N 9.31667°E / 49.84333; 9.31667Coordinates: 49°50′36″N 9°19′00″E / 49.84333°N 9.31667°E / 49.84333; 9.31667
Geography
Location	Bavaria, Germany
Parent range	Spessart

Geishöhe (German for goat height) is a 521 meter tall mountain of Bavaria, Germany in the Spessart mountain range.

Oberwinterbach, a hamlet which ist part of the municipality Dammbach, lies on top of the mountain. It is the highest permanently inhabited location in the Spessart.

At the highest point of Geishöhe stands the Ludwig-Keller-Tower, a lookout tower build by Spessart Bund (the local rambling and naturalist organization) in 1936/37. 60 steps lead to a viewing platform with panoramic view of Spessart, Odenwald, Taunus and Rhön. It is named after the former chairman of the Spessart Bund Ludwig Keller (1873 to 1932). Four marked hiking trails meet at the tower.

The lookout tower is used by amateur radio operators due to its exposed location. 100 meters east of the lookout tower rises a 35 m high steel lattice mast with the antennas for the Geishöhe transmit and receive system.

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