{{Infobox mountain , name = Queitersberg , other_name = also Quaidersberg, Quaitersberg, Queidersberg , photo = Pfaelzerwaldkarte Quaidersberg.png , photo_size = 324x300px , photo_alt = , photo_caption = Location of the hill in the Palatine Forest Ritterstein 166 Hundsbrunnen

Ritterstein 166 at the Hundsbrunnen spring in the valley east of the Queitersberg , elevation = {{Höhe, 394, DE-NN, link=true ({{convert, 394, m, ft, disp=output only, abbr=on) , elevation_ref = , isolation = , isolation_ref = , prominence = , prominence_ref = , listing = , range = Palatine Forest , parent_peak = , location =

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

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Bunter Sandstone The Buntsandstein (German for ''coloured'' or ''colourful sandstone'') or Bunter sandstone is a lithostratigraphic and allostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe. The Buntsands ...

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Lauter Lauter may refer to: People * Lauter (surname) Places *Lauter, Saxony, town in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany * Lauter, Bavaria, village in the district of Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany Rivers * Lauter (Baunach), tributary to th ...

/ Hochspeyerbach watershed The Queitersberg, more rarely spelt Quaidersberg, Quaitersberg or Queidersberg, is a 394-metre-high

hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct Summit (topography), summit. Terminology The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally con ...

in the northern Palatine Forest in the German state of

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/ref> On a subpeak is the

natural monument A natural monument is a natural or natural/cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities or cultural significance. Under World Commission on Protected Areas guidelines, nat ...

of the ''Felsplatt'', a rock formation.

Geography

Location

The Queitersberg lies in the municipal forest of

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfur ...

between the city, whose built-up area ends 500 metres to the west, and the village of

Hochspeyer Hochspeyer is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate forest (Pfälzer Wald), approx. 10 km east of Kaiserslautern. Hochspeyer was the seat of the former Verban ...

two kilometres southeast. About a hundred metres north of the main summit there is a somewhat lower, plateau-like subpeak with a

bunter sandstone The Buntsandstein (German for ''coloured'' or ''colourful sandstone'') or Bunter sandstone is a lithostratigraphic and allostratigraphic unit (a sequence of rock strata) in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe. The Buntsands ...

rock outcrop. The sandstone formation is a natural monument with the name ''Felsplatt'' ("Rock Slab").

Streams

The Queitersberg seals the eastern side of the Kaiserslautern Basin; the watershed runs over it from southwest to northeast, separating the source region of the

from that of the Hochspeyerbach. The Lauter, which is also called the ''Waldlauter'', flows via the Glan to the Nahe and is part of that river's

catchment area In human geography, a catchment area is the area from which a location, such as a city, service or institution, attracts a population that uses its services and economic opportunities. Catchment areas may be defined based on from where people are ...

. The water of the Hochspeyerbach flows via the

Speyerbach The Speyerbach is a left tributary of the Rhine in the Palatinate part of Rhineland-Palatinate. In Speyer, the river split into ''Gießhübelbach'' and ''Woogbach''. The Woogbach changes its name to ''Nonnenbach'', then flows into Gießhübe ...

to the

Upper Rhine The Upper Rhine (german: Oberrhein ; french: Rhin Supérieur) is the section of the Rhine between Basel in Switzerland and Bingen in Germany, surrounded by the Upper Rhine Plain. The river is marked by Rhine-kilometres 170 to 529 (the sc ...

Surrounding area

Queitersberg is 500 metres from the Queitersberg to the A 6 motorway to the north (

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

–

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...

). Between two of its junctions - ''16b Kaiserslautern-Ost'' and ''17

Enkenbach-Alsenborn Enkenbach-Alsenborn is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the northern edge of the Palatinate forest, approx. 10 km north-east of Kaiserslautern. Enkenbach-Alsenborn is also ...

'' - there is a car park on the southern side in the direction of Mannheim, called ''Quaidersberg''. 1500 metres from the summit to the south is the B 37 federal highway (Kaiserslautern–

Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim () is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration, and is the seat of the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Bad Dürkheim lies at the edge of Palatinate Forest on the German Win ...

). In a bowl between the Queitersberg and Hochspeyer lies the spring of ''Hundsbrunnen''.

References

Natural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate Mountains and hills of the Palatinate Forest Kaiserslautern