The hill is part of the
Frankenweide, a centrally located
massif within this range of low mountains. The
Palatine Watershed runs over its summit. The Hortenkopf is the second southernmost of a row of four peaks that reach a height of over 600 metres. To the south is the
Weißenberg (610 m) near the hamlet of
Hermersbergerhof in the municipality of
Wilgartswiesen. To the north are the
Mosisberg and the
Eschkopf (jeweils 609 m). From the Hortenkopf it is possible to walk to
Leimen,
Kaiserslautern-Mölschbach,
Elmstein and via the forest lodges of Taubensuhl and Heldenstein almost as far as
Neustadt on continuous hill ridges without dropping below the 450 metre
contour line. At the Hortenkopf the main watershed turns southwest towards
Gräfenstein Castle. On the southwestern flank of the Hortenkopf rises the northern headstream of the
Wieslauter, which - subsequently as the
Lauter – flows directly into the
River Rhine. Further northwest rises a tributary of the
Merzalbe, whose waters flow via the
Rodalb,
Schwarzbach,
Blies,
Saar and
Moselle into the Rhine. == References ==