Hüttenberg (Haardt)

The Hüttenberg near Maikammer in the Rhineland-Palatinate county of Südliche Weinstraße is a subpeak, 620.1 m above sea level (NN),[1] of the Kalmit (672.6 m) the highest mountain in the Haardt in the eastern Palatinate Forest of Germany.

It is covered by woodland and is about 950 metres as the crow flies southwest of the main summit, with which it is linked via a gently sloping saddle, and west-northwest of the top of the Breitenberg.

These rocks are not only found on the summit ridge, which runs roughly from north to south and is around 700 metres long, but also on the mountainsides because, during the short periods of thawing in the summer months, the piles of rubble, soaked in meltwaters, are set in motion and slide downhill.

The Landesstraße 514 (Totenkopfstraße), runs along the southern and western sides of the Hüttenberg from Sankt Martin via the Hüttenhohl (479 m) and over the Totenkopf saddle (513.7 m) to Breitenstein.

The Palatine Wine Route, opened in autumn 2010 and certified as a Prädikatsweg in 2011 by the German Alpine and Rambling Club Association, also crosses the felsenmeer as part of the 4th stage and finally reaches the long descent to the wine-growing village of Sankt Martin.

Refuge hut in the forest
The Hüttenberg Hut