Kutschenberg

Kutschenberg

The Kutschenberg (centre) in the Kmehlener Berge
Elevation 201 m above sea level (NHN) (659 ft) [1]
Location
Location near Großkmehlen; Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Brandenburg  Germany
Range Kmehlener Berge
Coordinates 51°21′55″N 13°43′38″E / 51.36528°N 13.72722°ECoordinates: 51°21′55″N 13°43′38″E / 51.36528°N 13.72722°E
Geology
Type till of the Drenthe Stage of the Saale glaciation
ice age terminal moraine
Age of rock 210,000 bis 165,000 years ago

The Kutschenberg is the highest hill in Brandenburg, Germany. It is part of the low hill range of the Kmehlener Berge and rises near Großkmehlen in the county of Oberspreewald-Lausitz. It is 201 m above sea level (NHN)[1] and located only a few metres from the state border with Saxony.

Geography

Location

The Kutschenberg is 2.5 km west-southwest of Ortrand and 1.5 kilometres south of Großkmehlen not far from the A 13 motorway to the west and within a small area of woodland in the Kmehlener Berge.

Height

New surveys in 2000 discovered that the summit of the Kutschenberg was 201 m Höhe[2] and thus the highest hill in the state of Brandenburg. As a result, in 2011 a small granite stele was erected on its densely wooded summit that rises only slightly above its surroundings. The stele is inscribed with the words "KUTSCHENBERG 201 m ü. NHN".[1] Near the summit at 199.7 m[3] is a trig point.

About 11 km to the west near Gröden is the Heidehöhe which, at 201.4 m, is slightly higher than the Kutschenberg, but is not the highest hill in Brandenburg, but its highest point, because the summit above it, the Heideberg, lies in Saxony. There is commonly held notion that the Hagelberg (200.24 m) on the Fläming Heath is the highest hill in Brandenburg, but the Kutschenberg is just a little higher.

Am Kutschenberg racetrack

On the northeast hillside of the Kutschenberg about 400 metres from the summit is the nationally known offroad racetrack of Am Kutschenberg, where car and motorcycle races are regularly held.[4]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Photograph of the stele on the Kutschenberg with inscription at commons.wikimedia.org
  2. ↑ Excerpt from: Heimatkundliches Jahrbuch für den Altkreis Bad Liebenwerda, das Mückenberger Ländchen, Ortrand am Schraden, Falkenberg und Uebigau 2002, p. 207 – Plot des Lage- und Höhenplanes auf dem Kutschenberg (reduction without scale; elevation reference system: DHHN 92, surveyed on 12 May 2000 by JR/JT), p. 210 – Schreiben zur Bestätigung der Messungen, signed by the Director of the Brandenburg State Survey Office. Published by the Working Group for Local History (Kreismuseum Bad Liebenwerda)
  3. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
  4. ↑ Autocross am Kutschenberg, at kutschenberg.de