Grand Wintersberg

At 581 m[1], the Grand Wintersberg (German: Großer Wintersberg) is the highest hill in the North Vosges in Alsace, France.

Grand Wintersberg
The observation tower
Highest point
Elevation581 m (1,906 ft)
Prominence331 m (1,086 ft) 
Coordinates48°58′43″N 7°36′53″E 
Geography
Grand Wintersberg
Parent rangeVosges
Geology
Mountain typeBunter Sandstone

The Grand Wintersberg lies about four kilometres northwest of Niederbronn-les-Bains. The massif separates the valleys of the Falkensteinerbach and the Schwarzbach. At its summit, which is made of Bunter Sandstone, stands a 25-metre-high observation tower, which offer hikers an outstanding panoramic view over the North Vosges, the Palatine Forest and the Upper Rhine Plain across to the Black Forest.

At the 514-metre-high saddle between Grand and Petit Wintersberg (Col de la Liese) is a hut, the Chalet du Wintersberg, managed by the Vosges Club, as well as the Liese, a Gallo-Roman, sphinx-like sandstone relief. Celtic relicts may also be found on the hill of Ziegenberg to the southeast.

Notes
  1. Kompass Wanderweg Elsass (in German). Dumont Reiseverlag. 2017. p. 40.
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