Friedrichskopf (Dollberge)

The Friedrichskopf near Brücken in the county of Birkenfeld in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is 707.4 m above sea level (NHN)[1] and the highest mountain in the Dollberge, a small range in the Schwarzwälder Hochwald region of the Hunsrück mountains.

Friedrichskopf
Friedrichskopf
Highest point
Elevation707.4 m above sea level (NHN) (2,321 ft) [1]
Coordinates49°39′36″N 7°03′36″E 
Geography
Locationnear Brücken; Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Parent rangeDollberge (Hunsrück)

Geography

Location

The Friedrichskopf rises in the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park on the territory of Brücken, a village which is 4.4 km southeast of the summit. About 2 km north-northwest is Muhl (in the neighbouring county of Trier-Saarburg), 3.3 km east-southeast of Abentheuer, 2.7 km southwest of Zinsershütten and 3.5 km north-northeast of Börfink. On the southern slopes of the mountain rises the Bleidenbach, a tributary of the Traunbach. The source of the Allbach, which feeds the Prims, is on its western mountainside.

Parts of the protected area (Landschaftsschutzgebiet or LSG) of Hochwald-Idarwald mit Randgebieten (CDDA-No. 321654; designated in 1976, 471.8224 km² in area)[2] lie on the Friedrichskopf.

Natural regions

The Friedrichskopf is part of the natural regional major unit group of Hunsrück (No. 24), in the major unit of Hochwald and Idar Forest (242), subunit of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald (242.0) and natural region of the Dollberge and Herrstein Forest (242.02).

References
  1. Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
  2. Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
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