The Mosisberg near
Hofstätten in the German state of
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 ...
(
Südwestpfalz
Südwestpfalz is a district (''Kreis'' or more precise ''Landkreis'') in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarpfalz, the district-free city Zweibrücken, the districts Kaiserslautern and Ba ...
county) is a hill, ,
in the central
Palatine Forest. It has two domes, the eastern one is the summit and is called ''Langer Kopf'' and the western high point is the ''Preußenstein''.
Geography
Location
The hill lies on the territory of the hamlet of
Hofstätten in the municipality of
Wilgartswiesen
Wilgartswiesen is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Geography
The municipality lies in the southern part of the Palatine Forest, the German part of the Wasgau, in the middle of the Palatine Fo ...
and is part of the
Frankenweide
The Frankenweide is a hill region in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It forms the central part of the Palatine Forest in the Palatinate region.
Geography
The Frankenweide is a single forest that, today, covers an area of a good 200& ...
, which is a central massif within the mountain range. On the Langer Kopf there is a former
US Air Force
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radio relay site.
Surrounding area
The Mosisberg is the second northernmost of a line of four peaks that exceed 600 m. To the north is the
Eschkopf
The Eschkopf near Hofstätten in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Südwestpfalz county) is a major hill, high in the Palatine Forest.
Location
The Eschkopf is part of the Frankenweide, a rock massif in the centre of the Palatine ...
(608.3 m), to the south are the
Hortenkopf
The Hortenkopf is a hill, 606 metres above sea level (NN), in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, which lies in the middle of the Palatine Forest between Hofstätten and Leimen. The Hortenkopf is recognisable from a long way off thanks to ...
(606.2 m) and the
Weißenberg
Weißenberg (German) or Wóspork (Upper Sorbian) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany. The Upper Lusatian town has approximately 3100 inhabitants and is part of the recognized Sorbian settlement area in Saxony.
Geography
W ...
(ca. 610 m
) The
Palatine Watershed
The Palatine Watershed (german: Pfälzische Hauptwasserscheide) forms the main drainage divide in the Palatinate between the Upper Rhine and the Middle Rhine, the two successive sections of the river Rhine that flow through the German state of R ...
between the
Moselle
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/
Middle Rhine (west) and
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 ...
(east) runs over the Eschkopf, Mosisberg and Hortenkopf.
In a high hollow about 700 metres southeast of the Mosisberg summit there was once a
raised bog
Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation ( ombro ...
, the ''Mosisbruch'', which was supplied by a two kilometre long brook that which shortly afterwards emptied from the right into the upper reaches of the
Wellbach
The Wellbach is a stream in the Palatine Forest in Germany. It rises near Eschkopf and flows towards the south. In doing so, it passes the eastern edge of Hofstätten (Pfalz) in the municipality of Wilgartswiesen. It then flows under the B 10 ...
.
Features
From the Mosisberg it is possible to walk to
Leimen,
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 ...
-
Mölschbach,
Elmstein and via the forest lodges of ''Taubensuhl'' and ''Heldenstein'' almost as far as
Neustadt on continuous ridges without dropping below the 450
metre
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contour
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* Contour (linguistics), a phonetic sound
* Pitch contour
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* Contour, the KDE Plasma 4 interface for tablet devices
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.
References
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Mountains and hills of Rhineland-Palatinate
Mountains and hills of the Palatinate Forest