Himberg, Mountain summit in Sauerland, Germany.
Himberg is a mountain summit in North Rhine-Westphalia's Sauerland region, characterized by forested slopes and natural rock outcrops. Hiking trails wind through the landscape, passing varied terrain and revealing different perspectives as you ascend.
The Himberg lies on the border between the Hochsauerlandkreis and the Kreis Olpe, and its summit region is protected: the Rothaargebirge landscape area (designated 1984) covers the northern slopes, the Elsper Senke-Lennebergland (2006) the southern. Its red-beech summit strip long rose above the surrounding spruce forest, giving the mountain its characteristic profile until the spruces caught up.
Two marked long-distance routes of the Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein cross the mountain: the Christine-Koch-Weg and the Homertweg, both running with identical routing west of the summit region over the saddle leading to the Hoher Lehnberg. The Christine-Koch-Weg is named after the Sauerland writer Christine Koch.
The summit lies in the Saalhausen district, about 2 km north of Saalhausen (Lennestadt) and 3 km south of Bracht (Schmallenberg). The Christine-Koch-Weg and Homertweg of the Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein share one route west of the summit area, crossing the saddle to the Hoher Lehnberg (668.8 m). The Lenne valley below Saalhausen lies at about 313 m, a 375.5 m drop from the top.
The summit ridge marks the border between the Hochsauerlandkreis and the Kreis Olpe; the peak itself lies in the Saalhausen district, about 2 km north of Saalhausen and 3 km south of Bracht. A strip of red beeches long overtopped the surrounding younger spruce forest, though the spruces have now grown level with it.
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