Elevation 201 m | ||
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Age of rock 210,000 bis 165,000 years ago Mountain type till of the Drenthe Stage of the Saale glaciationice age terminal moraine | ||
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) and located only a few metres from the state border with Saxony.
Contents
- Map of Kutschen Berg 01990 GroC39Fkmehlen Germany
- LocationEdit
- HeightEdit
- Am Kutschenberg racetrackEdit
- References
Map of Kutschen-Berg, 01990 Gro%C3%9Fkmehlen, Germany
LocationEdit
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.
HeightEdit
New surveys in 2000 discovered that the summit of the Kutschenberg was 201 m Höhe 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". Near the summit at 199.7 m 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 racetrackEdit
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.