Steigerkopf
Appearance
Steigerkopf | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 613.6 m above sea level (NHN) (2,013 ft) [1] |
Listing | viewing tower at the summit, historic sconce on the mountainside |
Coordinates | 49°17′49″N 8°01′34″E / 49.297056°N 8.026222°E |
Geography | |
Parent range | Palatine Forest |
Geology | |
Rock type | bunter sandstone |
The Steigerkopf, also colloquially called the Schänzel, near Edenkoben in the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a mountain, 613.6 m above sea level (NHN),[1] in the Palatine Forest. At the summit, which lies on the territory of Gommersheim, is the Schänzel tower.
Gallery
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The Schänzelturm in November 2007
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Ritterstein No. 64a: Zur Schanze III
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Monument to the von Schladen Infantry Regiment, 25 June 1794
Literature
- Walter Eitelmann (1998), Rittersteine im Pfälzerwald (4., überarbeitete und wesentlich erweiterte ed.), Neustadt/Weinstr.: Pfälzerwald-Verein, ISBN 3-00-003544-3
- Heimatverein Venningen (October 1989), "7. Unter der Herrschaft der Franzosen", Mitgliederbrief Nr. 31, Venningen
- Bernhard von Poten (1887), "Pfau, Theodor Philipp v.", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 25, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 610–611
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