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Steigerkopf

Coordinates: 49°17′49″N 8°01′34″E / 49.297056°N 8.026222°E / 49.297056; 8.026222
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Steigerkopf
The Steigerkopf and Schänzel tower in February 2012
Highest point
Elevation613.6 m above sea level (NHN) (2,013 ft) [1]
Listingviewing tower at the summit, historic sconce on the mountainside
Coordinates49°17′49″N 8°01′34″E / 49.297056°N 8.026222°E / 49.297056; 8.026222
Geography
Steigerkopf is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Steigerkopf
Steigerkopf
near Edenkoben; Südliche Weinstraße county, [ [Rhineland-Palatinate]]  Germany
Parent rangePalatine Forest
Geology
Rock typebunter sandstone
The Steigerkopf (centre) seen from the Weißenberg

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.

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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