The Großer Eyberg is a hill in the southern
Palatine Forest in Germany. It lies in the county of
Südwestpfalz in the borough of
Dahn
Dahn is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate Forest, approximately 15 km southeast of Pirmasens, and 25 km west of Landau. It is part of the ''Verbandsgemeind ...
in an area known as the
Dahner Felsenland, a part of the
Wasgau
The Wasgau (german: Wasgau, french: Vasgovie) is a Franco-German hill range in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the French departments of Bas-Rhin and Moselle. It is formed from the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the north ...
. This region which comprises the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the northern part of the
Vosges Mountains. It is the highest hill in the western Wasgau.
At the summit of the Eyberg is an 18-metre-high,
observation tower, of steel lattice construction, built between 1945 and 1949 by the French Army. The tower can only be accessed over unmetalled hiking trails.
References
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Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate
Mountains and hills of the Palatinate Forest
Dahn