The Kutschenberg is the highest hill in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It is part of the low hill range of the
Kmehlener Berge and rises near
Großkmehlen
Großkmehlen is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany.
History
From 1815 to 1944, Großkmehlen was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg. ...
in the county of
Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Oberspreewald-Lausitz ( dsb, Wokrejs Górne Błota-Łužyca, hsb, Wokrjes Hornje Błóta-Łužica) is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Dahme-Spreewald, Spree- ...
. It is
and located only a few metres from the state border with
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
.
Geography
Location
The Kutschenberg is 2.5 km west-southwest of
Ortrand and 1.5 kilometres south of Großkmehlen not far from the
A 13 motorway to the west and within a small area of woodland in the Kmehlener Berge.
Height
New surveys in 2000 discovered that the summit of the Kutschenberg was 201.0 m high
and thus the highest hill in the state of Brandenburg. As a result, in 2011 a small granite
stele
A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ''stelæ''), whe ...
was erected on its densely wooded summit that rises only slightly above its surroundings. The stele is inscribed with the words ''"KUTSCHENBERG 201 m ü. NHN"''.
Near the summit at 199.7 m is a
trig point.
About 11 km to the west near
Gröden is the
Heidehöhe
The Heidehöhe is a hill, 201.4 metres high, and the highest point in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Its actual summit, known as the Heideberg, lies over the border in the state of Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn' ...
which, at 201.4 m, is slightly higher than the Kutschenberg, but is not the highest hill in Brandenburg, but its highest point, because the summit above it, the ''Heideberg'', lies in Saxony. There is commonly held notion that the
Hagelberg
Hagelberg is a hill of Brandenburg, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of ...
(200.24 m) on the
Fläming Heath is the highest hill in Brandenburg, but the Kutschenberg is just a little higher.
Am Kutschenberg racetrack
On the northeast hillside of the Kutschenberg about 400 metres from the summit is the nationally known offroad racetrack of ''Am Kutschenberg'', where car and motorcycle races are regularly held.
Gallery
Kutschenberg 02.jpg, Summit of the Kutschenberg
Kutschenberg 03.jpg, Summit stele on the Kutschenberg
Kutschenberg 04.jpg, Summit plateau of the Kutschenberg
Kutschenberg 05.jpg, ''Skihütte am Kutschenberg''
Lageplan Kutschenberg.JPG, ''Plot des Lage- und Höhenplanes auf dem Kutschenberg''
See also
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List of hills of Brandenburg
This List of hills of Brandenburg shows a selection of well-known hills in the German federal state of Brandenburg – sorted by height in metres above Normalnull (NN):
Name, Height, Location (District(s) / Landscape Region)
# Heidehöhe (201.4 ...
References
[Photograph](_blank)
of the stele on the Kutschenberg with inscription at commons.wikimedia.org
[Excerpt from: ''Heimatkundliches Jahrbuch für den Altkreis Bad Liebenwerda, das Mückenberger Ländchen, Ortrand am Schraden, Falkenberg und Uebigau 2002'', p. 207 –&nbs]
''Plot des Lage- und Höhenplanes auf dem Kutschenberg''
(reduction without scale; elevation reference system: DHHN 92, surveyed on 12 May 2000 by JR/JT), p. 210 – ''Schreiben zur Bestätigung der Messungen, signed by the Director of the Brandenburg State Survey Office''. Published by the Working Group for Local History (Kreismuseum Bad Liebenwerda)
[''Autocross am Kutschenberg''](_blank)
at kutschenberg.de
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