Langenbrander Höhe, Mountain summit in Black Forest, Germany.
Langenbrander Höhe is a 723.7 m high mountain in the northern Black Forest, on the municipal territory of Schömberg and the highest point of that municipality. Its summit lies just over a kilometre north-west of the Langenbrand settlement, at the edge of a clearing. The western side drops steeply about 350 m to the Enz valley, while to the south-east the ground falls only gently onto the plateau.
The mountain is the highest point of the Schömberg municipality, reaching 723.7 m above sea level on the ridge east of the Enz valley. In December 1998 one of Baden-Württemberg's first wind turbines was commissioned near the summit; it was dismantled in 2021. Four new turbines with 4.5 MW capacity and a 164 m hub height were built northwest of the summit in 2024, with three more planned for 2026.
The name Langenbrand refers to the Schömberg district on the plateau southeast of the summit, whose clearing edge lies close to the highest point. The open rodungsinsel around Langenbrand, kept free of forest, is what allows the summit area to be reached and viewed from the settlement side.
The summit area is reached by forestry tracks; the highest point lies near the edge of the Langenbrand clearing, just over a kilometre north-west of the village. The transmission tower 500 metres north-east is fenced off and not open to the public. The four wind turbines north-west of the summit stand on the same ridge.
From this point, views extend across the entire Black Forest landscape with visible valleys and ridgelines stretching away. The vista is particularly striking in early morning when fog fills the valleys and isolates the peaks.
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