Kammertenberg

The Kammertenberg is a low hill rising between the Enz river and the villages of Mühlhausen and Lomersheim in Baden-Württemberg. Shaped by the looping course of the Enz, it stretches about 1.5 kilometres from north to south and presents a flat-topped profile when seen from Lomersheim. Its steep western slope drops roughly 60 metres to the riverbed, exposing layers of upper Muschelkalk and lower Keuper rock. The hill carries traces of former industry and settlement. A disused quarry in the upper Muschelkalk collapsed in 1955, leaving a deep sinkhole that steams on frosty mornings. Until the 1930s the lower Keuper slope housed a Roma community who gave their name to the Zigeunerquelle spring. After the site became a rubbish tip in the 1940s and 1950s, it was capped and turned into a composting area that remains in use today. The western slope supports a young pine–heathland community where pasque flowers and scattered orchids grow on thin, dry soils. Since 2012 the whole hill has been protected as the 17.5-hectare Kammertenberg nature reserve, offering quiet walks among early spring blooms and sweeping views over the Enz valley.