Trödelsteine (mountain)

Trödelsteine
Trödelsteine Near Emmerzhausen; Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Highest point
Elevation	613 m above sea level (NHN) (2,011.2 ft) [1]
Listing	Rock formation Trödelsteine
Coordinates	50°43′42.1″N 8°2′13.8″E / 50.728361°N 8.037167°E / 50.728361; 8.037167Coordinates: 50°43′42.1″N 8°2′13.8″E / 50.728361°N 8.037167°E / 50.728361; 8.037167
Geography
Location	Near Emmerzhausen; Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Parent range

View from the Trödelsteinen looking NE (Aug 2014)

The Trödelsteine is the name of a mountain, 613 m above sea level (NHN),^[1] in the near Emmerzhausen in the county of Altenkirchen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and in the county of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with its summit area in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Geography[]

Location[]

The Trödelsteine lies about 1.2 kilometres northeast of Emmerzhausen, 3.6 km southwest of Burbach and 2.6 km northwest of , which are both in the neighbouring county of Siegen-Wittgenstein. The state border between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia runs about 50 metres northeast of the summit – roughly along the lower part of the eponymous rock formation. On the Rhineland-Palatinate side a tributary of the Daaderises in the west on an area called Am Zollstock and, on the North Rhine-Westphalian side, the Buchheller tributary, the Nenkersbach, rises in the east. Neighbouring mountains are: to the north, the Nenkersberg (610.3 m) and, to the south-southeast, the (616.9 m).

According to the , the summit of the Trödelsteine is 613.0 m;^[1] on the topographical maps a height of 612.8 m is given.^[2]

Natural regions[]

The Trödelsteine belongs to the natural region major unit group of the Süder Uplands (no. 33), to the major unit of the (331), the subunit of the (331.3) and the natural region of the (331.32).

The Trödelsteine[]

In the summit region of the mountain are the rocks of the same name, the Trödelsteine, which comprise several basalt crags and, below them, a column and blockfield of feldspar basalt. The rocks are protected as a natural monument.

Transport and hiking[]

The axis of the Landesstraßen 280 and 911 runs south past the Trödelsteine from Emmerzhausen in Rhineland-Palatinate to Lippe in North Rhine-Westphalia. The E1 European long distance path runs over the mountain, crossing the road at the state border. On the Trödelsteine is a narrow footpath, which is part of the Trödelstein Path (Trödelsteinpfad), a 10.2-kilometre-long branch of the Rothaarsteig. The Heller Ridgeway (Hellerhöhenweg, waymark "H") and the Siegerland High Ring (Siegerland-Höhenring) run over the mountain.

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