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Wasserkuppe

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  • Blick vom Pferdskopf auf die Wasserkuppe
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Das Hochplateau der Wasserkuppe ist die höchste Erhebung nicht nur der Rhön, sondern auch Hessens. An diesem wasserreichen Berg, der über Deutschland hinaus als „Wiege des Segelflugs“ bekannt ist, entspringt die Fulda, auch 30 weitere Bäche haben hier ihren Ursprung. Der Name „Wasserkuppe“ wird dennoch nicht auf das Wort Wasser sondern auf das mittelhochdeutsche Wort „Wass“ zurückgeführt, das einen Weideplatz bezeichnet.
Zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen war dies der Ort für zahlreiche Neuerungen im Segelfliegen. Studenten von der nah gelegenen Technischen Universität Darmstadt starteten hier schon 1911 ihre ersten Flugversuche. Doch erst nach 1918, als aufgrund der Restriktionen des Versailler Vertrages das Betreiben von motorisierten Flugkörpern in Deutschland verboten war, wuchs das Interesse am Segelfliegen zunehmend. Oskar Ursinus tat dem Rechnung und baute 1924 das erste Vereinshaus auf der Wasserkuppe.

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50.497623, 9.935674
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50°29'51.4"N 9°56'08.4"E
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32U 566361 5594379
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