The Hochsimmer is a volcanic cone, , in the

Eifel Mountains The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

in Germany. It rises near Ettringen in the

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county of Mayen-Koblenz. At the summit is an observation tower, the Hochsimmer Tower.

Geography

Location

The Hochsimmer rises within the High Eifel (

East Eifel The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

) around 1.7 km west-northwest of the village of Ettringen. Flowing past its western foot roughly from north to south is part of the middle reaches of the Rhine tributary, the

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. Through its valley runs the Landesstraße 83, which links

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to the northwest with Mayen to the southeast. At the eastern foot of the hill is the L 82 road to Bell, and, at its southern foot is the village of St. Johann.

Height and summits

The Hochsimmer has two domed summits or '' kuppen'': the West Top () is 587.9 m high and the East Top () is 583.3 m high. About 600 metres southwest of the summit is the Kleiner Simmer (514.7 m).

Towers

On the east top of the Hochsimmer stands the 18-metre-high Hochsimmer Tower, an observation tower built in 1909 and 1911. From its viewing platform there is a view of the

Eastern High Eifel The High Eifel (german: Hocheifel (Ost) or ''Hohe Eifel'') forms part of the Eifel Mountains in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The landscape here between Adenau, Mendig and Daun rises to a height of 747 m. The region is not to be c ...

, the

Middle Rhine Basin The Middle Rhine Basin (german: Mittelrheinische Becken) is the central landscape region of the Middle Rhine in Germany and, along with the Limburg Basin, forms one of the biggest intra-montane lowland regions within the Rhenish Massif. The basin i ...

and of Ettringen; in good visibility, even Cologne Cathedral may be seen. About 30 metres northwest of the viewing tower is a transmission tower.

Gallery

Hochsimmer-aus-der-naehe.jpg, The Hochsimmer from the south Hochsimmer-ostkuppe.jpg, The East Top from the south Hochsimmer.jpg, The Hochsimmer (right), seen from the Hohe Acht HochsimmerNebelVHochstein1.jpg, View from Hochstein

References

External links

''Der Hochsimmer…''
retrieved 28 November 2013, in ''Gemeinde Ettringen am Hochsimmer'', at ettringen-eifel.de. {{Authority control Cinder cones Volcanoes of Germany Mountains and hills of the Eifel Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate Mayen-Koblenz