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Plackweghöhe
The Plackweghöhe ("Plackweg Heights"), whose main summit has hitherto had no official name, is the highest point in the borough of Warstein, the hill ridge of the Plackwald, the North Sauerland Uplands, and the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is and lies within the counties of Soest and Hochsauerlandkreis. The Lörmecke Tower observation tower at the top is a popular destination. Geography Location The Plackweghöhe lies in the northern Sauerland. In the area of its main summit it is around 5 km south of Warstein (in Soest) and about 3 km north-northeast of Meschede (in Hochsauerlandkreis). It is linked via the ''Plackweg'' forest track with the Stimmstamm Pass (541.1 m) over the Plackwald hills about 2.85 km away to the west as the crow flies on the B 55 federal highway. The area is drained towards the south into the nearby River Ruhr and to the north to the Ruhr's tributary, the Möhne, several kilometre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plackwald
The Plackwald is a ridge of hills, up to , and part of the Rhenish Massif in the counties of Soest and Hochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Within the North Sauerland Highlands (Unit number 334) it forms the natural region sub-unit of ''Plackweghöhe (Plackwald)'' (334.5). Geography Location The Plackwald lies in the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park between Meschede in the south and Warstein in the north. It runs from the northeast of the town of Arnsberg in the west to the village of Esshoff in the borough of Brilon in the east. As part of the watershed between the River Ruhr in the south and its tributary, the Möhne, in the north it consists of a chain of hills with the Plackweghöhe (581.5 m) as its highest point, whose name is a synonym for the hill ridge either side of the Plackweg, a long-distance path. Its main transport axis is the B 55 federal highway that divides the region roughly in the centre at the pass of Stimmstamm (541.1 m). Amongst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |