The Kellerberg is a hill, , and the highest point of the
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 ...
part of the
Meulenwald
The Meulenwald, also called the Mühlenwald, is a bunter sandstone hill ridge, up to , in the southern part of the Eifel mountains in the counties of Trier-Saarburg and Bernkastel-Wittlich in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Geography ...
and of the collective municipality of
Wittlich-Land. It rises near
Dierscheid in the county of
Bernkastel-Wittlich
Bernkastel-Wittlich (German: ''Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich'') is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Vulkaneifel, Cochem-Zell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Birkenfeld, Trier-Saarbur ...
in the German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate. At the top is the
Kellerberg Observation Tower.
Geography
Location
The Kellerberg rises in the
Meulenwald
The Meulenwald, also called the Mühlenwald, is a bunter sandstone hill ridge, up to , in the southern part of the Eifel mountains in the counties of Trier-Saarburg and Bernkastel-Wittlich in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Geography ...
forest, part of the
Moselle Eifel. Its summit lies 0.5 km south-southeast of
Dierscheid and belongs to its municipality; it is 2.2 km west-northwest of Erlenbach, in the municipality of
Hetzerath, and 1.7 km north-northeast of
Naurath in the county of
Trier-Saarburg. Streams that rise on the hillside include the Weischbach and the Orschbach in the east, the Gitzertbach in the south-southwest and the Stahlbach in the west.
On topographic maps a
spot height of 448.7 m appears in the vicinity of the summit. On the Kellerberg are parts of the
protected landscape of the Meulenwald and Trier Municipal Forest (''Meulenwald und Stadtwald Trier''),
CDDA No. 322963; established 1990; 132.8046
km²).{{GeoQuelle, DE, BFN-Karten
Kellerberg Observation Tower
In 1999 the 21.7-metre-high Kellerberg
Observation Tower was built in a modern wood and steel design. The covered tower has a triangular plan and consists of seven larch logs that are connected by metal strips. The whole structure is tension with steel cables.
Its observation platform is 18 metres high and offers views far across the
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 ...
and to the
Hunsrück
The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued by the Taunus mountains, past ...
. For example,
Klausen and its
pilgrimage church may be seen.
References
[''Dierscheid, Aussichtsturm''](_blank)
''Landesforsten Rheinland-Pfalz'', auf wegezumholz.de
Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate
Mountains and hills of the Eifel