Mountain

Große Höhe

Located in Ellweiler, Landkreis Birkenfeld Coordinates: 49°36′17″ N 7°07′15″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 457 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Nohfelden; 2.5 km SE
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: HHN Frankfurt-Hahn Airport39 km; SCN Saarbrücken Airport43 km

About Große Höhe

Große Höhe is a mountain. Location: Ellweiler, Landkreis Birkenfeld. Elevation: 457 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (39 km). Nearby sights include Kellerberg and Großer Homerich.

Climate of Große Höhe

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 97 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: February (night -3°)
Wettest month: December (112 mm)
Driest month: August (65 mm)

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7° 0°

11° 2°

16° 6°

19° 9°

21° 11°

17° 8°

11° 4°

6° 1°

3° -1°

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112

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Große Höhe
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	2°	3°	7°	11°	16°	19°	21°	21°	17°	11°	6°	3°
Average low (°C)	-3°	-3°	0°	2°	6°	9°	11°	11°	8°	4°	1°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	95	80	84	66	80	82	78	65	76	92	97	112

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Große Höhe

The nearest airport is Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN), 39 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Trier, 39 km to the northwest.

Airports

Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 39 kmnorth
Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) Saarbrücken 43 kmsouth
Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX) Luxembourg 66 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Trier Population: 100.1K 39 kmnorthwest
Saarbrücken Population: 183K 42 kmsouth
Metz Population: 123.9K 88 kmsouthwest
Koblenz Population: 107.3K 90 kmnorth
Mainz Population: 222.9K 93 kmnortheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Große Höhe

Within 100 km: 558 historic and cultural sites, 3,157 natural sites, 750 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km361 places

Talsperre Nonnweiler Lake 10 kmW
Steinbachtalsperre Lake 20 kmN
Bostalsee Lake 6 kmSW
Ottweiler Wingertsweier Lake 22 kmS

25–60 km1,185 places

Sauer River 46 kmW
Syre River 47 kmW
Gelterswoog Lake 48 kmSE
Zuckerberg Mountain 59 kmE

60–100 km2,919 places

Château de Berg Historic site 78 kmW
Montagne de Stockem Mountain 99 kmW
Steinkopf Mountain 95 kmNW
Schartenknopf Mountain 95 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Nohfelden Town, Nohfelden
2.5 km SE
Achtelsbach Village, Landkreis Birkenfeld
3 km NW
Ellweiler Village, Ellweiler
2.5 km NE
Meckenbach Village, Landkreis Birkenfeld
2 km NW
Brücken Village, Landkreis Birkenfeld
3.2 km N
Brücken Village, Brücken
3.2 km N

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Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Kellerberg Mountain, Ellweiler
0.9 km SE
Großer Homerich Mountain, Meckenbach
1.2 km W
Hammelsberg Mountain, Dambach
2.6 km N
Galgenberg Mountain, Achtelsbach
2.8 km NW
Forst Birkenfeld Natural site, Saarland
2.4 km S
Homerich Mountain, Saarland
3.3 km SE
Keipenkopf Mountain, Dambach
3.3 km N
Dankenberg Mountain, Saarland
3.5 km W

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Sources & licences

Wikidata, CC0-1.0 Wikidata (CC0)
GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 11, 2026 · 2 independent sources