The Weilerskopf is a hill, 470 metres high, in a wooded exclave of Herxheim am Berg northwest of the German town of Bad Dürkheim. Its summit is the site of a transmission tower owned by Deutsche Telekom.
| Weilerskopf | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 470 m above sea level (NN) (1,540 ft) |
| Coordinates | 49°29′26″N 8°07′31″E / 49.49056°N 8.12528°E |
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| Parent range | Haardt |
Transmission tower
editThe Weilerskopf transmission tower is a standard telecommunications tower, or Typenturm, built in 1969.
Gebetsfelsen
editThe Gebetsfelsen is a rock formation on the Weilerskopf. It is a 7-metre-long, 4-metre-wide and only 1.4-metre-high monolith made of sandstone. Twelve steps have been cut into the sandstone, probably in Roman times. A Roman quarry is located in the vicinity of the Gebetsfelsen.[1]