Rehberg (Wasgau)

Rehberg
View from the Trifels over Bindersbach to the Rehberg
Highest point
Elevation	576.8 m above sea level (NHN) (1,892 ft)[1]
Prominence	320.6 m ↓ Basin northwest of Hauenstein, junction of L 495 with the B 10 (256.2 m)
Isolation	7 km → Orensberg (581.2 m)[2]
Coordinates	49°10′54″N 7°58′13″E / 49.18167°N 7.97028°ECoordinates: 49°10′54″N 7°58′13″E / 49.18167°N 7.97028°E
Geography
Rehberg near Waldrohrbach; Südliche Weinstraße county, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Parent range	Wasgau → Palatine Forest
Geology
Age of rock	251–243 MYA (Bunter sandstone), 256–251 MYA (Zechstein)
Mountain type	Rock units: Bunter sandstone and Zechstein conical hill/ridge

The Rehberg is a prominent hill, 576.8 m above sea level (NHN),^[1]in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. After the Grand Wintersberg (ca. 581 m) in French North Alsace, the Rehberg is the second highest hill in the Wasgau (French: Vasgovie), the Franco-German region that forms the southern part of the Palatine Forest and runs from the valley of the River Queich to the Col de Saverne . The Rehberg is also the highest hill on German soil in the Wasgau. As part of the Palatine Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve it has been placed under special protection measures.

It lies two kilometres south of the town of Annweiler and has an observation tower at the summit named the Rehberg tower after the hill.^[3] The tower offers visitors an unhindered panoramic view over large parts of the Palatine Forest and Upper Rhine Plain as far as the hill chains of the Odenwald, Black Forest and Vosges.

Literature

• Deutscher Wetterdienst, ed. (1957) (in German), Klima-Atlas von Rheinland-Pfalz, Bad Kissingen: Verlag Deutscher Wetterdienst, ISBN 3881481354 
• Michael Geiger et al., ed. (1987) (in German), Der Pfälzerwald, Porträt einer Landschaft, Landau/Pfalz: Verlag Pfälzische Landeskunde, pp. 21–46, ISBN 3980114716 
• Michael Geiger (1990), Adolf Hanle, ed., "Rehberg" (in German), Pfälzerwald und Weinstraße (Mannheim: Meyers Lexikonverlag): pp. 106–107, ISBN 3411071311 
• Michael Geiger (2010), Michael Geiger et al., ed., "Die Landschaften der Pfalz" (in German), Geographie der Pfalz (Landau/Pfalz: Verlag Pfälzische Landeskunde): pp. 98–101, ISBN 9783981297409 
• Jost Haneke/Michael Weidenfeller (2010), Michael Geiger et al., ed., "Die geologischen Baueinheiten der Pfalz" (in German), Geographie der Pfalz (Landau/Pfalz: Verlag Pfälzische Landeskunde): pp. 74–91, ISBN 9783981297409 
• Adolf Hanle (1990) (in German), Meyers Naturführer, Pfälzerwald und Weinstraße, Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut, pp. 7–12, ISBN 3411071311 
• Landesamt für Geologie und Bergbau Rheinland-Pfalz, ed. (2003) (in German), Geologische Übersichtskarte von Rheinland-Pfalz 1:300,000, Mainz 
• Edmund Mainberger (1987), Michael Geiger et al., ed., "Der Wald" (in German), Der Pfälzerwald, Porträt einer Landschaft (Landau/Pfalz: Verlag Pfälzische Landeskunde): pp. 101–126, ISBN 3980114716 

References

1. Schriftliche Mitteilung des Landesamtes für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz, Koblenz, vom 23. August 2011: „…The exact height [of the Rehberg] was measured in 2002 by laser scanning from an aeroplane. From the points measured we derived the highest point on the terrain to be 576.8 m.“
2. Landesamt für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz, ed. (1999) (in German), Topographic Map 1:25,000 with hiking trails, Annweiler am Trifels, Koblenz: Eigenverlag des Landesamtes für Vermessung und Geobasisinformation Rheinland-Pfalz 
3. Wanderportal Pfalz. "Turm 2: Rehbergturm". Retrieved 2011-06-23.

External links

• Panoramic view from the Rehberg tower
• Website of the Palatine Forest Nature Park
• Website of the Palatinate Hiking Portal
• Website of the Palatine Forest Club