Climont
Sign in to saveClimont (), formerly called "Clivemont" in Old French, and "Winberg" in Old Alsatian, is a conical sandstone peak of the Vosges mountains. The mountain, with a cut-off shape, is known from afar by walkers and modern-day travellers.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Toponymy and legends
- Geology
- History
- Hamlet, farms, and Anabaptist censes of Climont
- Le Hang valley to the west
- Courte histoire des anabaptistes mennonites autour du Climont
- Évolution forestière et administrative
- The tour Julius
- Music and folklore
- Notes and references
- External links
Climont (), formerly called "Clivemont" in Old French, and "Winberg" in Old Alsatian, is a conical sandstone peak of the Vosges mountains. The mountain, with a cut-off shape, is known from afar by walkers and modern-day travellers.
Situated today in Alsace to the south-west of the Champ du Feu, Clivemont's 965 metre peak is recognizable from a distance by its trapezoidal shape. The solitary tomb-shaped hill has long been a landmark to the south of the straight voie des saulniers (a salt trading route), at the start of the massif running from Ormont.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Climont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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