# Plackwald

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The **Plackwald** is a [ridge of hills](/source/Ridge_of_hills), up to , and part of the [Rhenish Massif](/source/Rhenish_Massif) in the counties of [Soest](/source/Kreis_Soest) and [Hochsauerlandkreis](/source/Hochsauerlandkreis), [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia), [Germany](/source/Germany). Within the North Sauerland Highlands (Unit number 334) it forms the [natural region](/source/Natural_region) sub-unit of *Plackweghöhe (Plackwald)* (334.5).

## Geography

### Location

The Plackwald lies in the [Arnsberg Forest Nature Park](/source/Arnsberg_Forest_Nature_Park) between [Meschede](/source/Meschede) in the south and [Warstein](/source/Warstein) in the north. It runs from the northeast of the town of [Arnsberg](/source/Arnsberg) in the west to the village of Esshoff in the borough of [Brilon](/source/Brilon) in the east. As part of the [watershed](/source/Drainage_divide) between the [River Ruhr](/source/River_Ruhr) in the south and its tributary, the [Möhne](/source/M%C3%B6hne), in the north it consists of a chain of hills with the [Plackweghöhe](/source/Plackwegh%C3%B6he) (581.5 m) as its highest point, whose name is a [synonym](/source/Synonym) for the hill ridge either side of the [Plackweg](/source/Plackweg), a long-distance path. Its main transport axis is the [B 55 federal highway](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_55) that divides the region roughly in the centre at the pass of [Stimmstamm](/source/Stimmstamm) (541.1 m). Amongst the more notable sites of the Plackwald are the Meschede Transmission Tower and the [Lörmecke](/source/L%C3%B6rmecke_Tower) [observation tower](/source/Observation_tower) as well as the rivers of the [Heve](/source/Heve), [Langer Bach](/source/Langer_Bach), [Lörmecke](/source/L%C3%B6rmecke) and [Wideybach](/source/Wideybach).

### Natural regions

In Germany's natural region classification system, the Plackwald forms the sub-unit of *Plackweghöhe (Plackwald)* (334.5). with the major unit group of the [Süder Uplands](/source/S%C3%BCder_Uplands) (No. 33) and major unit of the North Sauerland Uplands (334). To the north are the sub-units of the Upper [Arnsberg Forest](/source/Arnsberg_Forest) (334.3) and [Warstein Hills](/source/Warstein_Hills) (334.4), to the east the Upper Möhne and Alme Forest (334.6), to the southwest and west the Oeventrop Ruhr Valley (334.1) and to the south the major unit of the Sauerland Basins (335).[1][2]

## Description

The Plackwald is a high, flat-topped ridge, roughly 500 to 550 m, that runs eastwards from the Großer Berg near the [Arnsberg](/source/Arnsberg) village of [Oeventrop](/source/Oeventrop_(Arnsberg)) over the Warsteiner Kopf and Nuttlarhöhe to the [Brilon Plateau](/source/Brilon_Plateau). Geologically the hill ridge comprises folded rocks of the [Upper Carboniferous](/source/Upper_Carboniferous). In the Nuttlar Bowl, [quartzitic](/source/Quartz) [argillaceous](/source/Argillite) and [greywacke](/source/Greywacke) slates of the [Arnsberg Beds](/source/Arnsberg_Beds) of the [Namurian](/source/Namurian) stage form the subsoil. Frequently, the [horizons](/source/Horizon_(geology)) of argillaceous slate have been obliterated.[1][2]

To the north the Plackwald descends comparatively gently to 450 m the [Breitenbruch Forest](/source/Breitenbruch_Forest) (334.32) and Warstein Hills. To the south it drops steeply and suddenly into the [Ruhr valley](/source/Ruhr_valley), around 250 metres below. The upper edge of the [scarp](/source/Escarpment) of the [truncated upland](/source/Truncated_upland) follows the Plackweghöhe, which runs along the southern edge of the Upper Arnsberg Forest, to the Inner Sauerland Basins (335). As a result, the climate in the Plackwald is harsher and, with around 1,000 mm of [precipitation](/source/Precipitation) annually, wetter that in other areas of the North Sauerland Uplands. The average temperature in May/July is roughly 12 to 13 °C. The [podsolic](/source/Podsol) soils are poor in [bases](/source/Base_(chemistry)), sandy-loamy and of medium depth. In the spring hollows there is a tendency for [stagnant water](/source/Stagnant_water) and [bogs](/source/Bog) to form.[1][2]

## Hills

The hills, eminences, spurs and other prominent high spots of the Plackwald include the following, sorted by height in [metres](/source/Metre) (m) above [sea level (NHN)](/source/Normalh%C3%B6hennull) (unless otherwise stated ):

- [Plackweghöhe](/source/Plackwegh%C3%B6he) (581.5 m), north-northeast of [Eversberg](/source/Eversberg) (on the *Plackweg*); with the [Lörmecke Tower](/source/L%C3%B6rmecke_Tower)
- Unnamed top (557.4 m), south-southeast of the [Meschede Transmission Tower](/source/Meschede_Transmission_Tower)
- *Warsteiner Kopf* (556.9 m), north-northeast of the Eversberg
- *Gemeinheitskopf* (551.9 m), north-northwest of [Föckinghausen](/source/F%C3%B6ckinghausen_(Bestwig))
- Unnamed top (550.6 m), northwest of the *Meschede Transmission Tower* (on the *Plackweg*)
- *Niekopf* (550.4 m), north of Eversberg; source region of the [Wideybach](/source/Wideybach)
- *Wiemert* (544.2 m), north of Föckinghausen
- *Ensterknick* (543.2 m), hamlet and fields north of [Meschede](/source/Meschede)-Galiläa (on the *Plackweg*)
- *Nuttlarer Höhe* (542.2 m), north of [Nuttlar](/source/Nuttlar)
- [Stimmstamm](/source/Stimmstamm) (541.1 m), Passhöhe an [B 55](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_55), north of Meschede
- *Liverhagen* (522.6 m), north of Eversberg
- *Moosberg* (522.0 m), north of Meschede
- *Hornscheid* (519.7 m), north of Eversberg
- *Brandenberg* (509.3 m), north of the *Meschede Transmission Tower*
- *Neuer Berg* (504.2 m), southwest of [Hirschberg](/source/Hirschberg_(Warstein))
- *Wennemer Höhe* (503.3 m), north of [Wennemen](/source/Wennemen)
- *Kopf* (500,8 m), northeast of Eversberg
- *Blumenkopf* (Südkopf, 500.7 m), southwest of Warstein, near the B 55
- *Blumenkopf* (Nordkopf, 498.9 m), southwest of Warstein, near the B 55
- *Großer Berg* (476.0 m), northeast of [Freienohl](/source/Freienohl)
- *Meidenberg* (466.7 m), southeast of Hirschberg

## References

1. Martin Bürgener: *Geographische Landesaufnahme: [The natural region units on Sheet 110](/source/Handbuch_der_naturr%C3%A4umlichen_Gliederung_Deutschlands#Einzelblätter) Arnsberg.* Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg, 1969. → [Online map](http://geographie.giersbeck.de/karten/110.pdf) (pdf; 6.1 MB), with the western half of the *Plackweghöhe (Plackwald)* sub-unit

1. Martin Bürgener: *Geographische Landesaufnahme: [The natural region units on Sheet 111](/source/Handbuch_der_naturr%C3%A4umlichen_Gliederung_Deutschlands#Einzelblätter) Arolsen.* Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg, 1963. → [Online map](http://geographie.giersbeck.de/karten/111.pdf) (pdf; 4.1 MB), with the eastern half of the *Plackweghöhe (Plackwald)* sub-unit

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