Stöcklewald

Stöcklewald
Stöcklewald
	The Stöcklewald
Highest point
Elevation	1,068.2 m above sea level (NHN) (3,505 ft)
Coordinates	48°05′30″N8°15′14″E / 48.09167°N 8.25389°E Coordinates: 48°05′30″N8°15′14″E / 48.09167°N 8.25389°E
Geography
	Stöcklewald Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Parent range	Black Forest

Last updated February 25, 2019

The Stöcklewald is a mountain, 1,068.2 m above sea level (NHN) ,^[1] in the southern part of the Central Black Forest in Germany between the towns of Furtwangen and Triberg, each about 5 kilometres distant, in the county of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis. Towards the north, the Black Forest only exceeds this height again in the area of the Schliffkopf and the Hornisgrinde.

Normalhöhennull or NHN is a vertical datum used in Germany.

The Central Black Forest, also called the Middle Black Forest, is a natural or cultural division that generally refers to a region of deeply incised valleys from the Rench valley and southern foothills of the Kniebis in the north to the area of Freiburg im Breisgau and Donaueschingen in the south. Its highest area, which is southeast of the Elz valley, is also part of the High Black Forest.

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 European Watershed between the Rhine and the Danube runs over the mountain. On its northern slopes rises the Gutach, which flows from here in a northwesterly direction through the Schönwald Highlands and drops over its northeastern edge as the Triberg Waterfalls. To the southeast flow the tributary streams of the Breg.

The Rhine is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.

The Danube, known by various names in other languages, is Europe's second longest river, after the Volga. It is located in Central and Eastern Europe.

Gutach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It passes through Triberg im Schwarzwald and Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn), and flows into the Kinzig near Hausach. The Triberg Waterfalls are formed by the Gutach.

The northern foot of its gently-sloping domed summit may be reached on local Landesstraßen and Kreisstraße n, both from the aforementioned towns as well as from Schönwald and Brigach. From there a road runs up to the summit, where there is a Gasthaus , a hiker's home belonging to the Black Forest Club and the Stöcklewald Tower.

Landesstraßen are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads that cross the boundary of a rural or urban district. A Landesstraße is thus less important than a Bundesstraße or federal road, but more significant than a Kreisstraße or district road. The classification of a road as a Landesstraße is a legal matter (Widmung). In the free states of Bavaria and Saxony – but not, however, in the Free State of Thuringia – Landesstraßen are known as Staatsstraßen.

A Kreisstraße is a class of road in Germany. It carries traffic between the towns and villages within a Kreis or district or between two neighbouring districts. In importance, the Kreisstraße ranks below a Landesstraße, but above a Gemeindestraße or "local road". Kreisstraßen are usually the responsibility of the respective rural district (Landkreis) or urban district, with the exception of high streets through larger towns and villages. Kreisstraßen are usually dual-lane roads but, in a few cases, can be built as limited-access dual carriageways in densely populated areas.

Schönwald im Schwarzwald is a small village in the state of Baden-Württemberg in the Black Forest in southwest Germany, near the France–Germany border and Germany–Switzerland border.

The parish boundary between the village of Rohrbach (in the borough of Furtwangen) and the municipality of Schönwald runs over the summit. The parish of Nußbach in the borough of Triberg also owns part of the northern mountainside. The summit with its tower and the hiking home lie within the parish of Furtwangen-Rohrbach.

Stöcklewald Tower

The roughly 25-metre-high observation tower was erected in 1894 by the Triberg Branch of the Black Forest Club in the shape of a round tower in the borough of Furtwangen and was inaugurated in May 1895. It is a popular destination on the Middle Way managed by the Black Forest Club. From the observation platform there are views over the Central Black Forest to the Feldberg and also a panorama of the Swabian Jura as well as views of the Alps from the Zugspitze to Mont Blanc. The platform is reached via a staircase with 127 steps.

An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision to conduct the long distance observations. They are usually at least 20 metres (65.6 ft) tall and made from stone, iron, and wood. Many modern towers are also used as TV towers, restaurants, or churches. The towers first appeared in Germany at the end of the 18th century, and their numbers steadily increased, especially after the invention of the lift.

Feldberg (Black Forest) Mountain in the Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

At 1,493 metres (4,898 ft) the Feldberg in the Black Forest is the highest mountain in Baden-Württemberg, and the highest in Germany outside of the Alps. The local municipality of Feldberg was named after the mountain.

The Swabian Jura, sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending 220 km (140 mi) from southwest to northeast and 40 to 70 km in width. It is named after the region of Swabia.

The Stöcklewald Tower is also used as a communications relay station for police, THW, fire service, rescue services and amateur radio users. The tower also acts as a radio relay station for broadband and internet services to the surrounding parishes.

Amateur radio use of designated radio frequency spectra for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages

Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, describes the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communication. The term "amateur" is used to specify "a duly authorised person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;" and to differentiate it from commercial broadcasting, public safety, or professional two-way radio services.

Surrounding area

Around 800 metres northeast of the summit, near the road on the heights known as Hochgericht (1,020.6 m) are the Triberg Gallows. Another kilometre further northeast is a subpeak of the Stöcklewald, the Kesselberg (1,024.2 m) near an important crossroads. On the slopes of the mountain rises the Brigach stream and its most important tributary, the Kirnach. The Kesselberg Fault that runs through here is named after the mountain. This is a significant reason why the Stöcklewald peak is so clearly uplifted above the eastern slopes of the Black Forest, because it has retained a remnant in the fault zone of the bunter sandstone that originally lay on the basement.

The Triberg Gallows is a double gallows on the heights known as Hochgericht on the K 5728 county road that runs from Schönwald to Villingen, and in the county of Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

The Brigach is the shorter of two streams that jointly form the river Danube in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Brigach has its source at 925 m (3,035 ft) above sea level within St. Georgen in the Black Forest. The Brigach crosses the city Villingen-Schwenningen. 40.4 km (25.1 mi) from the source, the Brigach joins the Breg in Donaueschingen to form the Danube River.

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement. Large faults within the Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic forces, with the largest forming the boundaries between the plates, such as subduction zones or transform faults. Energy release associated with rapid movement on active faults is the cause of most earthquakes.

Also in the surrounding area are sights such as St. Hubert's Chapel, a monument to popular religious devotion in an idyllic setting, the Triberg Waterfalls, one of the highest and best known waterfalls in Germany, and the source of the Brigach.

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