Toter Mann, Mountain summit in Black Forest, Germany
Toter Mann is a mountain peak in the southern Black Forest reaching approximately 1320 meters in elevation. The summit is situated in a forested area and accessible via marked hiking trails from several directions.
The name Toter Mann comes from the intensive mining once carried out around the Schauinsland further west, and means a blind-ending adit, a tunnel that leads nowhere. The mountain lies on the territory of Oberried, about 16 km southeast of Freiburg im Breisgau and 2.3 km northwest of the Feldberg. It is built of migmatites, with flaser gneiss in the summit area, and forms part of the Feldberg nature reserve.
The name Toter Mann comes from the former intensive mining around Schauinsland further west and means a blind-ending adit, a dead-end gallery. The mountain lies in the municipality of Oberried, and its gentle northern slope toward the Stollenbacher Hütte is pasture with a ski lift, while the other slopes are wooded.
The summit lies on the ridge between the St. Wilhelmer Tal and the Zastlertal, about 2.3 km northwest of the Feldberg. The northern slope down to the Stollenbacher Hütte is open pasture with a ski lift, while the other slopes are wooded and drop roughly 500 to 600 m in places over rocky steep ground.
The name "Toter Mann" comes from the former intensive mining around the Schauinsland further west and means a blind-ending adit. The mountain is built of migmatites, with flaser gneiss in the summit area. Its northern slope down to the Stollenbacher Hütte is a pasture with a ski lift, while the other slopes are wooded.
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