Volkmarsberg

The Volkmarsberg is a mountain in the Swabian Alb, south of Aalen in the Ostalbkreis, Germany, with an altitude of 743 metres (2,438 ft).[1] It rises at the edge of the town of Oberkochen,[2] from where there is a 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) path to the summit.

Volkmarsberg Tower and shelter

On the summit plateau there is a shelter as well as the 23-metre (75 ft) Volkmarsberg tower,[3] a stone observation tower built in 1930, from which one has a far-reaching view over the entire Ostalbkreis.[4] In rare temperature inversion conditions the 180-kilometre (110 mi) distant Zugspitze can be seen.[5]

Volkmarsberg was designated as a nature reserve in 1938,[6] and recognised by the European Environment Agency as a nature conservation site in 1994.[7]

References
  1. Boehle, Bernd (1956). Handy guide to Western Germany. W. Sloane Associates. p. 70. OCLC 1327341.
  2. Baedeker, Karl (1907). Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria). Baedeker. p. 36. OCLC 14004165.
  3. Hohlfeld, Frank (2007). Wandern auf der schwäbischen Alb (in German). DuMont Reiseverlag. p. 149. ISBN 978-3-7701-8002-8.
  4. Linde, Helmut (2007). Schwäbische Alb (in German). Baedeker. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-3-8297-1143-2.
  5. "Aalen und Albuch" (PDF) (in German). Konrad Theiss. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  6. "Der Volkmarsberg ist seit 70 Jahren ein Naturschutzgebiet". Schwäbische Zeitung (in German). 22 July 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  7. Delbaere, Ben; Javier Beltran (1999). Nature conservation sites designated in application of international instruments at pan-European level. Council of Europe. p. 97. ISBN 978-92-871-3783-8.


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