Hohloh, Mountain summit in the Northern Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Hohloh is a 988.8-metre mountain in the Northern Black Forest whose flat summit plateau is made of Bunter sandstone. The raised bogs and bog lakes of the Hohlohmiss, including the Great and Little Hohlohsee, lie on the southern part of the plateau, not on the eastern ridge. The Hohlohturm stands about 200 metres north of the summit at 984 metres.
The Kaltenbronn forestry office first requested an observation tower in 1853, so that on clear days the view could reach the Bernese Alps up to 250 km away. The tower that now stands at the northern end of the plateau, at 984 m, is officially the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Turm and has been a first-order trigonometric point since 1936.
The name Hohloh is not explained in the sources; the mountain lies entirely in Baden, although the old border between Baden and Württemberg ran two to three kilometres east of the watershed. The Hohloh Tower, officially the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Turm, stands about 200 metres north of the summit at 984 metres and is a first-order trigonometric point since 1936.
The tower stands about 200 metres north of the summit at 984 metres, closer to the steep western edge, which gives a better view down into the Murg valley. The pass road over the Schwarzmiss saddle (933 m) runs northeast of the plateau. The Hohlohsee bog south of the summit has been a nature reserve since 1940, so walkers should stay on the paths.
The Hohlohsee moor south of the summit has been a nature reserve since 1940; since 2000 it has formed part of the 17.5 km² Kaltenbronn nature and forest reserve together with the Wildseemoor. The Kaltenbronn area was considered for the Black Forest National Park created in 2014 but was left out.
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