Schimmelkopf
The Schimmelkopf or Weiskircher Höhe is a mountain that rises in the Schwarzwälder 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.
Geography
Location
The Schimmelkopf rises in the southwestern part of the Schwarzwälder 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.
Watercourses
North of the Schimmelkopfs rises the Ruwer tributary of Burkelsbach and, to its west, the Siebenbornbach, whose waters flow through the Winkelbach into the Burkelsbach. To the west-southwest lies the source of the Holzbach and on the southern flank is that of its tributary, the Schlittentaler Bach. On the southern mountainside in the area where it transitions to the Teufelskopf rises, in the east, the Kübelbach, which feeds the Wahnbach that runs to the southeast of the Schimmelkopf.
In the 20th century the Dollberg and the Schimmelkopf were named as the highest points in the Saarland with their heights given in whole metres as. According to more precise measurements by the State Office for Cadastre, Survey and Mapping in 2005, the Schimmelkopf measures 694.8 m and is thus around 0.6 m lower than the Dollberg which makes it only the second highest peak in the Saarland. Nevertheless, on official maps neither the name nor its official height of 695.4 m will be found next to the summit of the Dollberg.