The
Hochblauen is a 1165 meter high mountain in the southern
Black ForestThe Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
. The peak lies within the municipalities of
SchliengenSchliengen is a town in southwestern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in the Kreis of Lörrach. Schliengen's claim to international fame is the Battle of Schliengen, fought between forces of the French Revolutionary army under Jean-Victor Moreau and the Austrian army under Karl von...
and
Malsburg-MarzellMalsburg-Marzell is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The town's coat of arms bears a wooded hill on which rests a castle ruin. This is a reference to the nearby Sausenburg....
in Landkreis Lörrach and the community of
BadenweilerBadenweiler, a health resort and spa of the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgräflerland. It is 28 kilometers by road and rail from Basel, 10 kilometers from the French border, and 20 kilometes away from Mulhouse...
in Landkreis
Breisgau-HochschwarzwaldBreisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a district in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach and the French départements of the Haut-Rhin and the Bas-Rhin. The district-free city of Freiburg is surrounded by the district...
. It is an ideal viewpoint with views of the Black Forest,
VosgesFor the department of France of the same name, see Vosges.The Vosges are a range of low mountains in eastern France, near its border with Germany...
,
Jura MountainsThe Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each. The mountain range sensu Johann Gottfried Ebel is located in France, Switzerland, and Germany...
, and the
AlpsThe Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
.
Variation A of the "
WestwegThe Westweg, , is a long-distance hiking trail running north-south through the Black Forest from Pforzheim to Basel. The trail is around 285 kilometers long, and was founded in 1900. It is currently maintained under the auspices of the Schwarzwaldverein...
", a long distance trail maintained by the
SchwarzwaldvereinThe Schwarzwaldverein, or Black Forest Association, was founded in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany in 1864, making it the oldest German hiking and mountaineering club. The Schwarzwaldverein has almost 90,000 members in 241 local chapters...
, leads over the Blauen. At the top there is an inn with a hotel.
On the Blauen stands a 21 Meter high metal lattice
observation towerAn observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision. They are usually at least tall and made from stone, iron, and wood. Many modern towers are also used as TV towers, restaurants, or churches...
, built in 1895 by the Schwarzwaldverein.
Southeast of the Hochblauen is the Stockberg castle ruins, the highest (in elevation) castle in Baden-Württemberg.
Also at the peak stands a 93 meter tall
Deutsche TelekomDeutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....
VHF and
microwave radio relaythumb|right|180px|[[Heinrich-Hertz-Turm]] in GermanyMicrowave radio relay is a technology for transmitting digital and analog signals, such as long-distance telephone calls and the relay of television programs to transmitters, between two locations on a line of sight radio path...
tower.
The
Hochblauen is a 1165 meter high mountain in the southern
Black ForestThe Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
. The peak lies within the municipalities of
SchliengenSchliengen is a town in southwestern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in the Kreis of Lörrach. Schliengen's claim to international fame is the Battle of Schliengen, fought between forces of the French Revolutionary army under Jean-Victor Moreau and the Austrian army under Karl von...
and
Malsburg-MarzellMalsburg-Marzell is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The town's coat of arms bears a wooded hill on which rests a castle ruin. This is a reference to the nearby Sausenburg....
in Landkreis Lörrach and the community of
BadenweilerBadenweiler, a health resort and spa of the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgräflerland. It is 28 kilometers by road and rail from Basel, 10 kilometers from the French border, and 20 kilometes away from Mulhouse...
in Landkreis
Breisgau-HochschwarzwaldBreisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a district in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach and the French départements of the Haut-Rhin and the Bas-Rhin. The district-free city of Freiburg is surrounded by the district...
. It is an ideal viewpoint with views of the Black Forest,
VosgesFor the department of France of the same name, see Vosges.The Vosges are a range of low mountains in eastern France, near its border with Germany...
,
Jura MountainsThe Jura Mountains are a small mountain range located north of the Alps, separating the Rhine and Rhone rivers and forming part of the watershed of each. The mountain range sensu Johann Gottfried Ebel is located in France, Switzerland, and Germany...
, and the
AlpsThe Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
.
Variation A of the "
WestwegThe Westweg, , is a long-distance hiking trail running north-south through the Black Forest from Pforzheim to Basel. The trail is around 285 kilometers long, and was founded in 1900. It is currently maintained under the auspices of the Schwarzwaldverein...
", a long distance trail maintained by the
SchwarzwaldvereinThe Schwarzwaldverein, or Black Forest Association, was founded in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany in 1864, making it the oldest German hiking and mountaineering club. The Schwarzwaldverein has almost 90,000 members in 241 local chapters...
, leads over the Blauen. At the top there is an inn with a hotel.
On the Blauen stands a 21 Meter high metal lattice
observation towerAn observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision. They are usually at least tall and made from stone, iron, and wood. Many modern towers are also used as TV towers, restaurants, or churches...
, built in 1895 by the Schwarzwaldverein.
Southeast of the Hochblauen is the Stockberg castle ruins, the highest (in elevation) castle in Baden-Württemberg.
Transmission Tower
Also at the peak stands a 93 meter tall
Deutsche TelekomDeutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....
VHF and
microwave radio relaythumb|right|180px|[[Heinrich-Hertz-Turm]] in GermanyMicrowave radio relay is a technology for transmitting digital and analog signals, such as long-distance telephone calls and the relay of television programs to transmitters, between two locations on a line of sight radio path...
tower. The tower is a
reinforced concreteReinforced concrete is concrete in which steel reinforcement bars , plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen a material that would otherwise be brittle.-History:...
TypenturmA Typenturm is a standardised telecommunications tower built of reinforced concrete the former German federal post office . Different types of tower were developed and built at different locations, like the series FMT 1 to FMT 16...
, built in 1985. The following radio stations are broadcast from this tower: SWR1 Baden-Württemberg (89.2 FM/8.4 kW), SWR2 (92.6 FM/8.4 kW), SWR3 (97.0 FM/8,4 kW),
DeutschlandfunkDeutschlandfunk is a German national news and current affairs radio station.-History:Broadcasting in the Federal Republic of Germany is reserved under the Basic Law to the states. This means that all public broadcasting is regionalised...
(105.1 FM/10 kW), Radio Regenbogen (101.1 FM/8,4 kW) und baden.fm (106.0 FM/8,4 kW). The tower is also used by the
amateur radio repeaterA repeater is an electronic device that receives asignal and retransmits it at a higher level and/or higher power, or onto the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances.-Description:...
DB0YE.
The tower serves mainly the southern
Upper RhineThe Upper Rhine is the part of the Rhine that flows northbound after Basel, Switzerland, along the Rhine rift, and then westward to Bingen, Germany...
valley as well as a large portion of the
Breisgau-HochschwarzwaldBreisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a district in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach and the French départements of the Haut-Rhin and the Bas-Rhin. The district-free city of Freiburg is surrounded by the district...
and
LörrachLörrach is a Kreis in the south-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Waldshut...
rural districts. The stations transmitted from the Blauen are also easily received in northwestern
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
. Until the end of the 1980s the former SWF broadcast could be heard well beyond the
VosgesThis article is about the department of France named Vosges. For the mountain range, see Vosges Mountains.Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:...
mountains to the west. Since then the power of the transmissions toward
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
have been limited by international agreements.
External links
- http://www.schwarzwaldverein.de/
- http://www.paraglidingearth.com/en-html/index.php?site=7308
- http://www.berghotel-hochblauen.de/90ee9696fd01cc435/index.html - live webcam