The Hohe Derst is a hill, 561 metres above sea level, in the Palatine Forest of southwest Germany. It lies within the Wasgau region and is the highest point of the Mundat Forest .
3-619: The Hohe Derst is situated on the territory of the parishes of Böllenborn and Oberotterbach above the hamlet of Reisdorf , five kilometres east of the town of Bad Bergzabern . The Landesstraße 492 state road runs around the hill to a walkers' car park. A military radio-relay tower stands on the Hohe Derst near the Ritterstein marking the summit. It was originally used by the US Army (Central Army Group - CENTAG) and Air Force NATO , as part of
6-666: The "Tiger" group of high-frequency radio line-of-sight sites. This was known as "Tiger 24", but they gave it up after the end of the Cold War . It continues to be used by the Bundeswehr . A short way below the summit is a transmission site for the German broadcasters, Südwestrundfunk , which broadcasts analogue TV to much of the South Palatinate and the Wasgau and which will be switched off with
9-498: The advent of DVB-T . There were plans to provide transmitters here to broadcast the Rhineland-Palatine programmes, SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz and SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz to this region, because they are not able to be received here, but these plans came to nothing. This Südliche Weinstraße location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Oberotterbach Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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