Großer Adelberg

Großer Adelberg
Großer Adelberg
	The Kleiner and Großer Adelberg
Highest point
Elevation	567.4 m above sea level (NHN) (1,862 ft) [1]
Coordinates	49°12′57″N7°57′28″E / 49.215824°N 7.957734°E Coordinates: 49°12′57″N7°57′28″E / 49.215824°N 7.957734°E
Geography
	Großer Adelberg near Annweiler am Trifels; Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Parent range	Central Palatine Forest (Palatine Forest)
Geology
Mountain type	Rückenberg
Type of rock	Bunter sandstone

Last updated April 05, 2019

The Großer Adelberg is a hill, 567 metres high, in the Central Palatinate Forest in Germany.

The Palatinate Forest, sometimes also called the Palatine Forest, is a low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in the Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The forest is a designated nature park covering 1,771 km² and its highest elevation is the Kalmit.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Location

The hill is located on the territory of the town of Annweiler am Trifels north of the main urban area. To the northeast is the village of Gräfenhausen. To the east is the Krappenfels rock formation and the Mittelberg hill. To the south-southwest lies the Kleine Adelberg.

Annweiler am Trifels, or Annweiler is a town in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Queich, 12 km west of Landau. Annweiler am Trifels station is on the Landau–Saarbrücken railway.

Access

To the south it is bounded by the B 10 and Landau–Rohrbach railway on which is Annweiler am Trifels station. Nearby are the Annweiler Youth Gymnastics Centre (Turnerjugendheim Annweiler) and a pumping station.

The Bundesstraße 10 is a German federal highway. It leads from Eppelborn, near the city of Lebach in Saarland, eastward to Neusäß near Augsburg in Bavaria. The Bundesautobahn 8 mostly runs in parallel to the Bundesstraße 10.

The Landau–Rohrbach railway is a major line running from Landau in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate to Rohrbach in the Saarland. The main section between Landau and Zweibrücken was opened on 25 November 1875 after the first sections had already been opened between 1857 and 1867.

Annweiler am Trifels station railway station in Germany

Annweiler am Trifels station is the main station in the town of Annweiler am Trifels in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as a category 5 station and it has three platform tracks. The station is located in the network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar and belongs to fare zones 181 and 191. Since 2002, Annweiler has also been part of the area served by the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund using tickets at a transitional rate. Annweiler was always the most important station between Landau (Pfalz) Hbf and Pirmasens Nord and it used to be served by long-distance services.

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References

↑ LANIS. "Großer Adelberg on the topographic map by the Map Service of the Landscape Information Systems of the Rhineland-Palatinate Conservation Authority" . Retrieved 2014-11-18.

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[LANIS-1] LANIS. "Großer Adelberg on the topographic map by the Map Service of the Landscape Information Systems of the Rhineland-Palatinate Conservation Authority" . Retrieved 2014-11-18.