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The Hornisgrinde, 1164 m (3820 ft), is the highest mountain in the Northern Black Forest of Germany. The Hornisgrinde is in the North of the Ortenaukreis.
Origin of the name
The name is probably derived from latin, which as much as swampy head means and to the Hochmoor refers. Another interpretation of the name is derived from the terms Horn, miss and grind and meant as much as kahler Bergrücken ("bald ridge"), which carries a moorland on its height.
Geography
The summit of the Hornisgrinde is framed of the Muhrkopf (1003 m) near Unterstmatt in the north and the Mummelsee (1036 m) in the south. In the west the slope is cut through by the Schwarzwaldhochstraße (B 500) in approximately 900 to 1000 m, in the east drops the tendency steeply to the ice-age cirque Biberkessel with the landing Blindsee lake. The summit changes to the Katzenkopf mountain in the southwest at 1123 m, into the southeast drops the burr toward Seibelseckle. The Katzenkopf mountain and the southeast burr of the Hornisgrinde form the cirque of the Mummelsee.
Climate
The Hornisgrinde belongs to the precipitation-richest places in Germany. The average yearly precipitation amounts to 1931 mm. Over 99% of the measuring points of the German weather service indicate lower values. The driest month is February; at most it rains in June. There's 1.4 times more precipitation in the precipitation-richest month than in the driest one. The seasonal precipitation fluctuations lie in the upper third. In over 81% of all places the monthly precipitation varies less.
On top of the Hornisgrinde is a 206 m (676 ft) high radio tower of the Südwestrundfunk, transmitting radio and television programmes.
The moorland area at the summit of the Hornisgrinde is a nature reserve and not accessible to the public.
At the western mountaintside along the Schwarzwaldhochstraße is the popular lake Mummelsee.
External links
48°36′N 8°12′E / 48.600°N 8.200°E / 48.600; 8.200