Hoher Mechtin

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Lage des Hohen Mechtin im Drawehn; Darstellung mit ausgewählten Höhenschichten (hellgrün: Bereiche unter 20 m, orange-rot: 50 - 75 m, dunkelbraun: über 100 m)

Schild auf dem „Gipfel“

At a height of 142 m above NN the Hohe Mechtin is the highest elevation in the Wendland in the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg in northern Germany, and is at the same time a significant high point on the entire North German Plain. It lies roughly at the centre point of the Drawehn ridge, which is also described as the East Hanoverian gravel or end moraine. (Osthannoversche Kies- or Endmoräne). The area is part of the Ostheide division of the Lüneburg Heath.

On the summit of the Hohen Mechtin is a wooden observation tower that may be used by walkers and which (just) looks out over the neighbouring trees.

View to the north-east	Wooded slopes
Glacier-deposited stone in the wood	View to the south

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• See Drawehn

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Coordinates: 53°2′41.3″N 10°54′38.8″E / 53.044806°N 10.910778°E / 53.044806; 10.910778