Mountain · Odenwald · Baden-Württemberg

Königstuhl

570 m1,871 ft

Prominence: 364 m1,195 ft
Isolation: 14 km
Tonight: 3°CCloudy · Wind 25 km/h SW

Königstuhl is a 570 m (1,871 ft) mountain in the Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

All facts

Elevation: 570 m · 1,871 ft
Nearest higher peak: Stiefelhöhe (587 m)
Range: Odenwald
Region: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Spanish name: Königstuhl (Odenwald)
Coordinates: 49.4029° N, 8.7304° E

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3D map

Königstuhl 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Königstuhl terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-90 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Königstuhl elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Königstuhl weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 3°C (37°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 25 km/h SW

Königstuhl forecast for the summit, about 570 m.

Tonight3°1.4 mm25 km/h SW
Today3°9°17.7 mm27 km/h SW
Sun5°10°6.6 mm29 km/h SW
Mon5°10°0.8 mm16 km/h SW
Tue8°14°0.2 mm8 km/h S
Wed4°11°–10 km/h NW
Thu1°11°–5 km/h E
Fri1°10°–5 km/h E
Sat1°9°0.3 mm7 km/h NE
Sun3°6°5.2 mm12 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 90 m model.

Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

61.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.3%

Steep, 30–45°

1.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 481 m low point 104 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 85.0%Built-up 9.7%Grassland 2.8%Water 2.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Königstuhl summit.

Summit list 5

1Gaisberg376 m 1.9 km W
2Auerhahnenkopf487 m 2.2 km E
3Ameisenbuckel296 m 2.5 km WSW
4Michelsberg376 m 2.7 km NW
5Heidenknörzel446 m 2.8 km NNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,183 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Egyptian Goose195
Alpine Newt160
Common Wall Lizard135
Fire Salamander113
Rock Pigeon96
Eurasian Blackbird91

Where it sits

Where Königstuhl sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

LoreleyPeak · 109 m109 km NW

Downloads

Königstuhl downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGKönigstuhl satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-13.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 577 m at the summit; the official height is 570 m.

A 90 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	570 m	—
Copernicus GLO-90 (used on this page)	577 m	+7 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-13)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia