Höchstberg

Höchstberg
Coat of arms
Höchstberg
Location of Höchstberg within Vulkaneifel district
Coordinates: 50°14′35″N 7°0′24″E / 50.24306°N 7.00667°E / 50.24306; 7.00667Coordinates: 50°14′35″N 7°0′24″E / 50.24306°N 7.00667°E / 50.24306; 7.00667
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Vulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.	Kelberg
Government
• Mayor	Wilhelm Leichsenring
Area
• Total	4.85 km2 (1.87 sq mi)
Elevation	516 m (1,693 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	352
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56767
Dialling codes	02657
Vehicle registration	DAU
Website	www.hoechstberg-eifel.de

Höchstberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kelberg, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

The municipality lies in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth. Nearby is the mountain of the same name, the Höchstberg.

Yearly precipitation in Höchstberg amounts to 799 mm, falling into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 0% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures are recorded. The driest month is April. The most rainfall comes in November. In that month, precipitation is 1.4 times what it is in April. Precipitation varies only slightly. At none of the weather stations are lower seasonal swings recorded.

barrows and the remnants of a Roman farm lead to the conclusion that people settled the area as early as the 2nd century. Höchstberg’s first documentary mention, though, only goes back as far as 1389. The document’s content is merely a lease in which Tilgin von Daun leased the estate in Husen bei Uersfeld to the Burgmann and administrator Peter von Nürburg.