Gallner

The Gallner (Gallner Berg:710 m) is a mountain ridge near Konzell in the Bavarian Forest that runs from west to east between the valley of the Kinsach in the west and the Menach valley. The E8 European long distance path runs over it.

Gallner
The Gallner with its three individual summits
Highest point
Elevation710 m above sea level (NN) (2,330 ft)
Prominence187 m ↓ Konzell-Streifenau
Isolation4.75 km → Sicklasberg
Coordinates49°02′52″N 12°40′39″E 
Geography
Parent rangeBavarian Forest

Name

The mountain is called the Gallner because it was used as a mountain pasture for heifers (German: Galtvieh). An old form of the name of the ridge in the early 18th century was Goldner.[1]

Description

The mountain is unusual in having three almost equally high summits or kuppen: the Gallner Berg (710 m)(49.04832°N 12.67689°E / 49.04832; 12.67689 ("Gallner Berg")), Kühleite (704 m)(49.04825°N 12.68372°E / 49.04825; 12.68372 ("Kühleite")) and Blumerberg (682 m)(49.04799°N 12.69476°E / 49.04799; 12.69476 ("Blumerberg")).[2]

The summit region and the north and east mountainsides are within the municipality of Konzell. The southern mountainside is divided between the municipalities of Haibach, Haselbach and Rattiszell. Its western slopes belong to Stallwang.

Northwest of the summit of the Gallner Berg, at about 630 metres, is the farmstead of Gallner, which belongs to Konzell. Here is the daughter church of Saint Sixtus, built in the late 15th century.

References
  1. Johann Baptist Homann, Bavaria Circulus et Electoratus (in German) Karte, ca. 1:650 000, ca. 1707
  2. "Topographische Karte". BayernAtlas (in German). Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen, für Landesentwicklung und Heimat. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
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