| Hoher Stoppelkopf | |
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 Wayside cairn marking a track near the Stoppelkopf | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 566.2 m above sea level (NN) (1,857 ft) |
| Coordinates | 49°23′50″N 8°04′25″E / 49.3972°N 8.0737°E / 49.3972; 8.0737 |
| Geography | |
  Hoher StoppelkopfRhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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| Parent range | Palatine Forest |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Bunter sandstone |
The Hohe Stoppelkopf, locally just called the Stoppelkopf, is a 566.2-metre-high hill in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies 3 km north of the small town of Lambrecht.
Together with the Drachenfels (577 m) to the northwest and the Stabenberg (496 m) to the east, the Stoppelkopf lies on the watershed between the catchment areas of two Palatine Rhine tributaries, the Speyerbach (south) and the Isenach (north). The two longest tributaries of the Mußbach rise on the Stoppelkopf; both later empty into the left mouth branch of the Speyerbach, the Rehbach.
Attractions
About 110 metres north-northeast of the summit of the Hoher Stoppfelkopf a hunting lodge was built in 1900, the Hermannshütte (also called the Emil Leidner Hut), which is unmanaged. At the top a summit cross was erected in 2003 by the Deidesheim Branch of the Palatine Forest Club. About 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of the Stoppelkopf lies the deer conservation park, the Kurpfalz Park, which is accessible from Wachenheim on a well-developed tarmac road (8 km).
References
- ^ Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
- ^ "Nachtwanderung des PWV Esthal". mittelpfalz.de. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
- ""Hermanns-Hütte" am Hinteren Stoppelkopf". tourenwelt.info. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
- "Wild und Natur erleben". Kurpfalz-Park. Archived from the original on 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2014-09-16.