Schimmelkopf

#1518 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Schimmelkopf or Weiskircher Höhe is a mountain that rises in the Schwarzwälder Hochwald on the boundary between the counties of Trier-Saarburg and Merzig-Wadern and, at 694.8 m above sea level, is the second highest peak in the German state of Saarland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 49°35'21"N, 6°48'23"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Schloss Dagstuhl, Burg Dagstuhl, Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil, Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park.

5.8 miSE
Convention center, Hotel, Vernacular architecture
Schloss Dagstuhl, Wadern
147 min walk • Dagstuhl is a computer science research center in Germany, located in and named after a district of the town of Wadern, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland.
5.7 miSE
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Burg Dagstuhl, Wadern
145 min walk • Dagstuhl Castle is a ruined castle on the top of a hill near the town of Wadern, kreis Merzig-Wadern, in Saarland, Germany. It overlooks the newer Schloss Dagstuhl in the valley below, which is historic, but has been converted for use as a meeting centre for computer science.
7.3 miNE
Museum
Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil, Hermeskeil
186 min walk • Bahnbetriebswerk Hermeskeil is a small, Prussian locomotive depot at Hermeskeil, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany that dates from 1888. Until 1903, it was called a Maschinenstation.
2.9 miSW
Park
Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park
74 min walk • The Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park was established in 1980 and covers an area of just under 2,000 km² in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland. The authority responsible for the nature park is the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park Society with its headquarters in Hermeskeil.
4.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Die Römerburg
108 min walk • The Old Castle is the ruin of a high medieval hilltop castle near Scheiden, a district of the municipality of Losheim am See in the district of Merzig-Wadern in Saarland.
5 miSE
49°32'25"N • 6°53'24"E
Zwergenland, Wadern
129 min walk • City hall
2.3 miS
49°33'23"N • 6°48'22"E
Soldatenfriedhof Weiskirchen, Weiskirchen
58 min walk • Cemetery
5.6 miSW
49°31'8"N • 6°44'32"E
Zum Stausee, Losheim am See
144 min walk • Bridge