Schwarzer Grat

Schwarzer Grat
The Schwarzer Grat Tower, an observation tower on the Schwarzer Grat
Highest point
Elevation	1,118 m (3,668 ft)
Coordinates	47°42′N 10°7′E / 47.700°N 10.117°E / 47.700; 10.117Coordinates: 47°42′N 10°7′E / 47.700°N 10.117°E / 47.700; 10.117
Geography
Schwarzer Grat Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The Schwarze Grat between in the Bavarian county of Oberallgäu and in the Baden-Württemberg county of Ravensburg is 1,118 m above sea level (NHN)^[1] and thus the highest mountain in Ravensburg, in the province of Tübingen (Baden-Württemberg) and the Adelegg range, although within the Adelegg region it is topped by the (1,129 m). An observation tower, the stands at the summit.

Geography[]

Location[]

The Schwarzer Grat stands in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the small mountain range of Adelegg, which is roughly north of the Allgäu Alps and extends far into the northern Alpine Foreland. The boundary with Bavaria and the county of Oberallgäu runs just under 300 metres southeast of the top. The summit rises 1.8 km south-southwest of Eschachthal, a village in the Bavarian municipality of Weitnau, and 2.3 km (as the crow flies) north-northeast of , a village in the Württemberg municipality of Isny im Allgäu.

Around 950 metres south-southeast of the top of the Schwarzer Grat on the state border rises the peak of the Raggenhorn (1,056.2 m); beyond that is the Weitnau village of (Bavaria). Southeast and below the Schwarzer Grat, on the slopes of the Raggenhorns, lies the Wenger Eggalm (also Wengener Egg Alpe or Alpe Wenger Egg), a mountain pasture.

To the east the slopes of the Schwarzer Grat descend to the little stream of Rotenbach, a southwestern tributary of the Eschach, which flows to the north of the mountain. On the southwestern flank is the source of the Eisenbacher Tobel which flows roughly north and empties into the Eisenbach before also joining the Eschach. On the southern flank of the mountain rises the little Scheidach, a northeastern tributary of the in the catchment area of the Untere Argen.

References[]

Literature[]

• Helber et al.: Isnyer Heimatkunde, Eigenverlag der Stadt Isny im Allgäu, 1st edn., 1990
• Helber: Über die Adelegg – Beiträge zur Geologie, Geschichte, Landwirtschaft und Forstwirtschaft der Adelegg, self-published by the author, 1985

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schwarzer Grat.

• Schwarzer Grat Mountain Run, atf isny-berglauf.de
• Wetterbeobachtungspunkte im Vorhersagegebiet der Wetterwarte Süd, viewing points near Föhnwetterlagen, (pdf; 16.45 kB), at wetterwarte-sued.com