The Kesselberg is located, like the Kalmit, in the mountain range of Haardt between the Edenkobener valley in the north and the Modenbach valley in the south. From the Rhine Plain the mountain is hidden behind the Blättersberg (618 m). Views over the surrounding regions in the Palatine Forest are blocked by the trees that cover the summit.
Gletschermuldenedit
On the summit plateau are various rocks, named on hiking maps as the Gletschermulden, with striking round depressions in the Bunter sandstone of which they are composed. In addition to an unprovable theory that they were originally Celtic sacrifice bowls, there is also a theory that they are glacial potholes or mills. However, they would require a thick ice sheet to have covered the region and there is no evidence, such as glacial stria, anywhere in the Palatine region. It is thus questionable whether this could have been a periglacial site in the last ice age, as has been posited. A new interpretation suggests the depressions were simply formed by weathering processes in the various layers of sandstone.
The old signpost on the Kesselberg has been replaced by a new one. It discusses the formation of the depressions in both an amusing, but also a scientific, way.
Accessedit
The summit may be climbed from the trail forks at Benderplatz and Kohlplatz. From the main trail that links both junctions, a smaller footpath branches off, leading to the summit. This footpath was blazed in 1953 by the historian, Friedrich Sprater, and named after him. The Benderplatz may be reached from the Lolosruhe car park and the Forsthaus Heldenstein (a former forester's lodge), the Kohlplatz from the Modenbach valley and the Edenkobener valley near the Edenkobener Hut.
^ abMap service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Office (Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
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April 12, 2024
kesselberg, haardt, kesselberg, near, edenkoben, german, state, rhineland, palatinate, südliche, weinstraße, county, mountain, above, level, second, highest, peak, palatine, forest, region, after, kalmit, also, third, highest, mountain, palatinate, region, hig. The Kesselberg near Edenkoben in the German state of Rhineland Palatinate Sudliche Weinstrasse county is a mountain 661 8 m above sea level NHN 1 It is second highest peak in the Palatine Forest region after the Kalmit 672 6 m and also the third highest mountain in the Palatinate region highest Donnersberg 686 5 m KesselbergSummit area of the KesselbergHighest pointElevation661 8 m above sea level NHN 2 171 ft 1 Coordinates49 17 04 N 8 02 42 E 49 2845 N 8 0449 E 49 2845 8 0449GeographyKesselbergnear Edenkoben Sudliche Weinstrasse Rhineland Palatinate Germany Parent rangeHaardt Palatine Forest GeologyMountain typeBunter sandstone Contents 1 Location 2 Gletschermulden 3 Access 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External linksLocation editThe Kesselberg is located like the Kalmit in the mountain range of Haardt between the Edenkobener valley in the north and the Modenbach valley in the south From the Rhine Plain the mountain is hidden behind the Blattersberg 618 m Views over the surrounding regions in the Palatine Forest are blocked by the trees that cover the summit Gletschermulden editOn the summit plateau are various rocks named on hiking maps as the Gletschermulden with striking round depressions in the Bunter sandstone of which they are composed In addition to an unprovable theory that they were originally Celtic sacrifice bowls there is also a theory that they are glacial potholes or mills However they would require a thick ice sheet to have covered the region and there is no evidence such as glacial stria anywhere in the Palatine region It is thus questionable whether this could have been a periglacial site in the last ice age as has been posited A new interpretation suggests the depressions were simply formed by weathering processes in the various layers of sandstone The old signpost on the Kesselberg has been replaced by a new one It discusses the formation of the depressions in both an amusing but also a scientific way Access editThe summit may be climbed from the trail forks at Benderplatz and Kohlplatz From the main trail that links both junctions a smaller footpath branches off leading to the summit This footpath was blazed in 1953 by the historian Friedrich Sprater and named after him The Benderplatz may be reached from the Lolosruhe car park and the Forsthaus Heldenstein a former forester s lodge the Kohlplatz from the Modenbach valley and the Edenkobener valley near the Edenkobener Hut Gallery edit nbsp The Kesselberg seen from the Modenbach valley nbsp Ritterstein No 185 on the Dr Sprater Footpath nbsp Old signpost on the Kesselberg July 2005 nbsp New signpost on the Kesselberg May 2012 nbsp The Gletschermulden full view nbsp The Gletschermulden part viewReferences edit a b Map service of the Landscape Information System of the Rhineland Palatinate Nature Conservation Office Naturschutzverwaltung Rheinland Pfalz External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kesselberg Pfalz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kesselberg Haardt amp oldid 1096963249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
