Plettenberg (mountain)
mountain of the Swabian Jura in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Plettenberg is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in Zollernalbkreis.
Vegetation
The Plettenberg is not wooded. However, the sharp transition to forest illustrates it is no natural border. Even the top of the mountain does not reach the tree line which, in this region, would lie at around 1,650–1,700 metres.
Many of the open areas are habitats for specialised species of flora; these include bogs, rock faces and snow fields. Below the summit the mountain is covered by mixed forest consisting of beech, rowan, spruce and silver fir.
That is attributable to the intensive sheep farming in this region, which limits forest growth. In 2017 milling machines was used in the sensitive area.
“Plettenberg (mountain)” enters the record as mountain of the Swabian Jura in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Plettenberg, mountain and Swabian can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Plettenberg (mountain)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Plettenberg, mountain and Swabian provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q167378. VIAF identifies the subject as 238350977. Authority coordinates are 48.213, 8.807. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017.
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