Dollberg, Mountain peak in Neuhütten and Nohfelden, Germany.
Dollberg is a mountain peak in the Schwarzwälder Hochwald region between Neuhütten and Nohfelden, rising 695.4 meters in elevation. Mixed woodland covers the entire summit area, creating a natural forest environment across the top.
Surveys conducted in 2005 confirmed that this peak exceeds Schimmelkopf by 0.6 meters, resolving a long-standing debate about Saarland's highest elevation. This measurement established its definitive rank as the region's number one peak.
The summit sign calls the Dollberg the "highest elevation of the Saarland", a title long shared with the Schimmelkopf. The wooded top offers no view, so the marker itself is the destination. Below the mountain, the 2.5 km ring wall of Otzenhausen enclosed a Celtic oppidum, a refuge fortification in the landscape.
The summit is reached on mostly forest paths; a starting point is the L166/L147 road between Neuhütten and Otzenhausen, which passes the Prims Reservoir. The Saar-Hunsrück-Steig runs over the mountain, and the European long-distance trail E3 follows its western foot and the reservoir. The wooded top gives no views; only a sign marks it.
The summit sign calls the Dollberg Saarland's highest point, yet official maps record neither the name nor the 695.4 m height. The 2005 survey by the state land-registration office found it 0.6 m taller than the Schimmelkopf, settling a 20th-century tie. A beech clearing from a 1966 Starfighter crash nearby is still visible on aerial photos.
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