Goßberg

#993 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Gossberg is a hill with the highest point of 483 m in the municipality of Wüschheim close to the border with Hundheim in the district of Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in the low mountain range of Hunsrück in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The summit was excavated 30 m deep in the period of 1984–1989 and transformed into the NBC bunker operated by U.S. Forces to serve as a fortified center of highly-secure communication among all NATO troops in Europe and a potential missile launch control center for the nearby missile base Pydna in case of anticipated World War III. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 1585 ftCoordinates: 50°1'9"N, 7°25'20"E

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Rhineland-PalatinateGermany

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Goßberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kastellaun Castle, Geierlay, Das Haus der regionalen Geschichte, Hunsrück.

3.6 miN
Forts and castles, Gothic architecture
Kastellaun Castle, Kastellaun
93 min walk • Kastellaun Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Kastellaun in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
6.1 miNW
Bridge, View point
Geierlay
156 min walk • The Geierlay is a suspension bridge in the low mountain range of the Hunsrück in western Germany. It was opened in 2015. It has a span range of 360 metres and is up to 100 metres above ground. On both sides of the bridge are the villages of Mörsdorf and Sosberg. A stream named Mörsdorfer Bach runs through the valley below the bridge.
3.7 miN
50°4'16"N • 7°26'20"E
Das Haus der regionalen Geschichte, Kastellaun
94 min walk • Museum
3.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Hunsrück
95 min walk • The Hunsrück is a long, triangular, pronounced upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle-Saar, the Nahe, and the Rhine. It is continued by the Taunus mountains, past the Rhine and by the Eifel past the Moselle.
4.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Burgruine Balduinseck
121 min walk • Balduinseck Castle, also called Baldeneck, is the ruin of a high castle in the Hunsrück. It is located at 300 meters above sea level on a slate cone only about 20 meters high at the confluence of the Wohnrother Bach and the Schumbach to the...
1.7 miN
Music venue, Nightlife
Pydna
44 min walk • Pydna is a former American missile base in Kastellaun, Germany named Wueschheim Air Station. Nuclear-equipped MGM-1 Matador, MGM-13 Mace, MIM-14 Nike Hercules and BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missiles were stationed here.
5 miSE
Forts and castles
New Castle, Simmern
128 min walk • Simmern Castle is located in the Rhine-Hunsrück district town of Simmern in Rhineland-Palatinate.