Schimmelkopf


The Schimmelkopf or Weiskircher Höhe is a mountain that rises in the Schwarzwalder Hochwald on the boundary between the counties of Trier-Saarburg and Merzig-Wadern and, at, is the second highest peak in the German state of Saarland.

Location

The Schimmelkopf rises in the southwestern part of the Schwarzwalder Hochwald along the northern state border of the Saarland. Its summit lies within the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park, about 4.8 km north of Weiskirchen, around 3.7 km southeast of Mandern and circa 3.3 km south of Waldweiler.