Topografische Karte Wolfstein

Name: Topografische Karte Wolfstein, Höhe, Relief.

Ort: Wolfstein, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Landkreis Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, 67752, Germany (49.55927 7.58275 49.61514 7.65604)

Durchschnittliche Höhe: 327 m

Minimale Höhe: 178 m

Maximale Höhe: 568 m

The town lies in the North Palatine Uplands, in the so-called Königsland (“Kingsland”), between Idar-Oberstein and Kaiserslautern. The municipal area measures 1 377 ha, of which 644 ha is wooded. Also, 154 ha is given over to residential properties and transport facilities, 574 ha to agriculture and 5 ha is taken up by other uses and open water. Geographically, the municipal area belongs to the Glan-Alsenz mountain and hill country, which meets the Kaiserslauterer Senke (a depression) to the north. The town centre lies in the Lauter valley, cut narrowly into the land, between the steep slopes on either side of the Lauter, the Königsberg on the left bank and the Eisenknopf on the right. The Königsberg (not to be confused with the former East Prussian city) is the town's highest point at 568.4 m above sea level. Other selected elevations are as follows:

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