Boßler is a mountain in the
Swabian Alps
Swabian or Schwabian, or ''variation'', may refer to:
* the German region of Swabia (German: "''Schwaben''")
* Swabian German, a dialect spoken in Baden-Württemberg in south-west Germany and adjoining areas (German:"''Schwäbisch''")
* Danube ...
,
Baden-Württemberg
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,
Germany
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.
Tourism
Located at an elevation of 785 m is the
Boßlerhaus (Bossler House), a working agricultural building run by the local group Friends of Nature Göppingen. It is beside the
Gruibinger Wiesle, a popular hiking destination. 500 m west of the house there is a viewpoint on the escarpment at an altitude of 794 m which offers a view far to the west. The Swabian Alp-North Rim Trail passes through this point.
Plane crashes
Boßler has been the site of several fatal
air crash
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es. In most cases these were
controlled flights into terrain due to pilots flying into the unexpectedly high mountain in the poor visibility.
* 1940-1945: a German
Ju 88
The Junkers Ju 88 is a German World War II ''Luftwaffe'' twin-engined multirole combat aircraft. Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works (JFM) designed the plane in the mid-1930s as a so-called ''Schnellbomber'' ("fast bomber") that would be too fast f ...
and another military plane
* 8 January 1958: two U.S.
F-100D jets
* 17 August 1959: a
Bundeswehr
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Piaggio P.149
The Piaggio P.149 is a 1950s Italian utility and liaison aircraft designed and built by Piaggio. The aircraft was built under licence by Focke-Wulf in West Germany as the FWP.149D.
Development
The P.149 was developed as a four-seat touring ...
* 9 April 1965: a U.S.
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helic ...
helicopter
* 11 April 1965: a
Piper PA-22
The PA-20 Pacer and PA-22 Tri-Pacer, Caribbean, and Colt are an American family of light strut-braced high-wing monoplane aircraft built by Piper Aircraft from 1949 to 1964.
The Pacer is essentially a four-place version of the two-place ...
* 14 June 1966: a
Fiat G.91
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jet fighter
* 17 July 1979: a
Cessna F 172 H light aircraft
* 28 September 2005: an
air ambulance
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, Christoph 51, on a clear day
[BFU-Bulletin 2005-09, S. 18ff. http://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2005/Bulletin2005-09.pdf?__blob=publicationFile]
See also
*
Boßler Tunnel
References
Mountains and hills of the Swabian Jura
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