Grand Wintersberg

At 581 m,[1] the Grand Wintersberg (German: Großer Wintersberg) is the highest hill in the North Vosges in Alsace, France.

Grand Wintersberg
The observation tower
Highest point
Elevation581 m (1,906 ft)
Prominence331 m (1,086 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates48°58′43″N 7°36′53″E
Geography
Grand Wintersberg is located in France
Grand Wintersberg
Grand Wintersberg
Parent rangeVosges
Geology
Mountain typeBunter Sandstone

The Grand Wintersberg lies about four kilometres northwest of Niederbronn-les-Bains. The massif separates the valleys of the Falkensteinerbach and the Schwarzbach. At its summit, which is made of Bunter Sandstone, stands a 25-metre-high observation tower, which offer hikers an outstanding panoramic view over the North Vosges, the Palatine Forest and the Upper Rhine Plain across to the Black Forest.

At the 514-metre-high saddle between Grand and Petit Wintersberg (Col de la Liese) is a hut, the Chalet du Wintersberg, managed by the Vosges Club, as well as the Liese, a Gallo-Roman, sphinx-like sandstone relief. Celtic relicts may also be found on the hill of Ziegenberg to the southeast.

Notes

  1. Kompass Wanderweg Elsass (in German). Dumont Reiseverlag. 2017. p. 40. ISBN 9783990442029.
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