Hoher List

Hoher List

View of the Hoher List from the Mäuseberg. A dome of the Hoher List Observatory may be seen amongst the trees.
Highest point
Elevation 549.1 m above sea level (NN) (1,802 ft) [1]
Coordinates 50°09′42″N 6°50′55″E / 50.16167°N 6.84861°E / 50.16167; 6.84861Coordinates: 50°09′42″N 6°50′55″E / 50.16167°N 6.84861°E / 50.16167; 6.84861
Geography
Hoher List

Hoher List in Rhineland-Palatinate

Location Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Parent range Volcanic Eifel
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano

The Hoher List is a stratovolcano, 549.1 m above sea level (NN)[1], near the town of Daun in the Eifel region. The hill is in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Location

The Hoher List lies in the Volcanic Eifel, part of the Eifel Mountains, in the Volcanic Eifel Nature Park. It is located about 4.5 km as the crow flies south of the town of Daun, immediately southwest of Schalkenmehren by the Schalkenmehrener Maar.

Description

On the summit of this sparsely wooded domed hill stands the Hoher List Observatory and, on its densely forested southwestern spur at an elevation of 540.1 m is the castle of Altburg.

The L 64 state road, a section of the Eifel-Ardennes Road, runs past the summit of the Hoher List, linking Schalkenmehren to the north with Brockscheid to the south.

References

  1. 1 2 Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
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