Hoher Hagen (Dransfeld)
Appearance
Hoher Hagen | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 480 m above sea level (NN) (1,570 ft) |
Coordinates | 51°28′26″N 9°45′57″E / 51.47389°N 9.76583°E |
Geography | |
Geology | |
Mountain type | volcano |
Type of rock | basalt extrusion |
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The Hoher Hagen is a volcanic hill that is still 480 m high today, in the Dransfeld Municipal Forest, in the German district of Göttingen in South Lower Saxony.
Geography
[edit]The hill, which is located south of Dransfeld, is the highest point in the Dransfeld region by a long way. It lies within the Dransfeld Municipal Forest, a hill massif in the Münden Nature Park that is about halfway between Göttingen to the northeast and Hann. Münden to the southwest.
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View of Jühnde from the Gauß Tower on the Hoher Hagen
Gauß Tower
[edit]On top of the Hoher Hagen stands the Gauß Tower, a 51 metre high observation tower at 478 m above NN.
Sources
[edit]- Rehkop, Friedel: Stadt Dransfeld. Ein geschichtlicher Rückblick vom 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Frühzeit. Vol. 1. Horb am Neckar: Geiger-Verlag, 1999. S.196-200,352-360,387-397. ISBN 3-89570-561-6