Heuberg, Mountain summit in Forchtenstein, Austria
The Heuberg is a mountain in the Rosalia range that rises to 748 meters above sea level, covered with dense forest and grass meadows across its slopes. The terrain features steep grades that create varied natural environments from base to peak.
The Heuberg is the highest point of the Rosalia Mountains at 748 m, built of coarse gneiss. The border with Lower Austria runs only about 150 m west and south of the summit, on the territory of Forchtenstein in Burgenland. A road leads up from the Rosalienhäuser settlement to the Rosalia Chapel, a pilgrimage church on the wooded summit.
The chapel on the wooded summit is a pilgrimage church, and a path leads up to it from the Rosalienhäuser settlement. The mountain's second name, Rosalia, comes from this chapel. Below it, on the southern slope, lies a ski and toboggan meadow that parents use with their children.
A waymarked path leads to the summit from the Rosalienhäuser settlement, where the Rosalia Chapel stands in the wooded summit area. The border with Lower Austria runs only about 150 metres west and south of the top. On the southern slope below the chapel there is a ski and toboggan meadow; a roughly 150-metre drag lift ran there until 2011 when snow permitted.
The Wulka, a river of the northern Burgenland region, rises on the northeastern slope of the Heuberg. The summit area is wooded, while the slopes below are given over to farmland. The border with Lower Austria passes only about 150 metres west and south of the top.
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