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Mountain Peaks

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Bischofsgrüner Forst

Ascent to the Ochsenkopf

Mountain Peaks

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Bischofsgrüner Forst

Ascent to the Ochsenkopf

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Ascent to the Ochsenkopf

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This Highlight goes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Fichtelgebirge

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Location: Bischofsgrüner Forst, Landkreis Bayreuth, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Fichtelsee – Seehaussteig Trail loop from Rangen

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2. Seehaus Fichtelgebirge – Weißmainfelsen loop from Vordorfermühle

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3. Goethe Trail on the Ochsenkopf – Weißer Main Nature Trail loop from Vordorfermühle

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Karottencity 🎱

September 27, 2022

The Ochsenkopf transmitter is a 191.5 meter high reinforced concrete television tower that has been located on the summit of the Ochsenkopf in the Fichtelgebirge since 1958. Analogue radio (VHF), digital radio (DAB) and digital television (DVB-T) are broadcast from the transmission mast. It also serves as a directional radio node.

The Ochsenkopf transmission mast was built to replace a 50 meter high guyed tubular steel mast that collapsed in January 1958 due to icing. Despite the curvature of the earth, it has a direct line of sight to the Kreuzberg transmitter in the Rhön, about 135.3 kilometers away.
The transmitter tower on the Ochsenkopf is the tallest building in the administrative district of Upper Franconia. The top of the mast is the highest landmark in Franconia at approx. 1,206 m above sea level. This means that the landmark is only 50 m higher than that of the Kreuzberg in the Rhön.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Ochsenkopf

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

September 28, 2022

Ox head antenna or simply ox head was the colloquial name in the south of the GDR for a television antenna in private households intended to receive western television. Their design and size was designed to receive the ARD television program broadcast from the Ochsenkopf, a mountain in the Bavarian Fichtelgebirge.

Source and more info
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OchsenkopfAntenne

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Melanie

June 17, 2018

Very beautiful (surrounded by much "green") ascent to Ochsenkopf, but with some many roots on the way, so sure-footedness and sturdy shoes is essential.

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Distance 1.53 km

Uphill 220 m

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Location: Bischofsgrüner Forst, Landkreis Bayreuth, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Ascent to the Ochsenkopf

1. Fichtelsee – Seehaussteig Trail loop from Rangen

2. Seehaus Fichtelgebirge – Weißmainfelsen loop from Vordorfermühle

3. Goethe Trail on the Ochsenkopf – Weißer Main Nature Trail loop from Vordorfermühle

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