Plackweghöhe

The Plackweghöhe, whose main summit has hitherto had no official name, is the highest point in the borough of Warstein, the hill ridge of the Plackwald, the North Sauerland Uplands, and the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is and lies within the counties of Soest and Hochsauerlandkreis. The Lörmecke Tower observation tower at the top is a popular destination.GeographyLocationThe Plackweghöhe lies in the northern Sauerland. In the area of its main summit it is around 5 km south of Warstein (in Soest) and about 3 km north-northeast of Meschede (in Hochsauerlandkreis). It is linked via the Plackweg forest track with the Stimmstamm Pass over the Plackwald hills about 2.85 km away to the west as the crow flies on the B 55 federal highway. The area is drained towards the south into the nearby River Ruhr and to the north to the Ruhr's tributary, the Möhne, several kilometres away.The highest point is shown on commercial maps just as an unnamed trig point, even though it is the summit of a hill range in the Central Uplands and is more than 20 metres higher than other summits in the range.