Neunkircher Höhe

Neunkircher Höhe

Viewing tower on the top of the Neunkircher Höhe
Highest point
Elevation 605 m (1,985 ft)
Prominence 332 metres (1,089 ft)
Coordinates 49°43′8″N 8°46′13″E / 49.71889°N 8.77028°E / 49.71889; 8.77028Coordinates: 49°43′8″N 8°46′13″E / 49.71889°N 8.77028°E / 49.71889; 8.77028
Naming
Translation Nine churches height (German)
Geography
Neunkircher Höhe

The location within Hesse

Location Hesse, Germany
Parent range Odenwald

The Neunkircher Höhe (605 metres) is the highest elevation of the Hessian part of the Odenwald. The hill is located near the village Neunkirchen and is the origin of the rivers Modau, Gersprenz and Lauter.

A viewing tower, 34 metres high, was built on the summit in 1906 and replaced an older predecessor, which had been built in 1888 and destroyed by a storm in 1904.


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