Hornungskuppe
| Hornungskuppe | ||
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 Hornungskuppe and Monte Kali |
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| height | 439 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Widdershausen and Dankmarshausen ; Hesse and Thuringia ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Seulingswald | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 54 '18 " N , 9 ° 58' 43" E | |
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| rock | Red sandstone | |
| particularities | Hornsberg Castle , Monte Kali | |
The Hornungskuppe ( called Hornsberg in the Middle Ages ) is 439 m above sea level. NHN high wooded elevation at the Thuringian tip on the border of Hesse and Thuringia . In terms of nature, it is part of the Seulingswald .
The Hornsberg is mentioned in documents from the 12th century in connection with the noble family of the same name. It belongs proportionally to the Widdershausen corridor of the city of Heringen in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district of Hesse and to the Dankmarshausen corridor in the Wartburg district of Thuringia . The Hessian-Thuringian border leads across.
The Hornungskuppe is (still) used for forestry. The fenced-in Monte Kali landfill site begins on the western slope . Hornsberg Castle is barely 500 m to the northeast on a spur of the Hornungskuppe .
Web links
- Green Belt Germany, section Lerchenberg – Hornungskuppe , on wartburgkreis.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
- ↑ City of Heringen (ed.): Hiking guide long-distance hiking in the land of the white mountains . Heringen (Werra) 2000, circular hiking trail 5 (Dankmarshausen), p. 75-82 .