Lauchenkopf
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| Lauchenkopf | |
|---|---|
 View of Lauchenkopf from Schnepfenriedkopf. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,314 m (4,311 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 47°57′22″N 7°02′22″E / 47.95611°N 7.03944°E |
| Geography | |
  Lauchenkopf France | |
| Location | Alsace, France |
| Parent range | Vosges Mountains |
The Lauchenkopf is a peak in the Vosges Mountains, reaching an altitude of 1,314 meters, north of Markstein.
This summit ridge is named Inlochen in the Upper Rhine archives in 1496 and Lauchensluck in 1738.[2] The Lac de la Lauch or Lauchensee gives it its name, as it does today in French.
Geography
The Lauchenkopf is located northwest of the Breitfirst, a summit that marks a southward break in the ridge line of the Haut-Rhin region, initiated between the Rainkopf and Rothenbachkopf and extended to the southwest by the Batteriekopf, then southwest by the Schweisel, the Hundskopf up to the Col du Hahnenbrunnen.
The Grande Fecht originates on the western slope of the Lauch massif (French) or the Lauchen (Alsatian).[3]
