Eastern descent of the Langen Rhön
| Eastern descent of the Langen Rhön | ||
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 View of the Rother Kuppe from the west |
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| Highest peak | Streufelsberg ( 739.8 m above sea level ) | |
| location | District of Rhön-Grabfeld , Bavaria , District of Schmalkalden-Meiningen , Thuringia ( Germany ) | |
| Central part of the | Hohen Rhön , Rhön | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 34 ' N , 10 ° 7' E | |
The eastern drop of the Langen Rhön is the continuation of the Langen Rhön to the east. It can be viewed less as a compact unit and more as a Riedel dismantled by millions of years of erosion . Due to its proximity to the Long Rhön, the Ostabfall is part of the Central Rhön , which is subordinate to the Hohen Rhön as part of the Rhön . The Riedel rise to a height of 400 to 700 meters.
Natural allocation
The name Ostabfall der Langen Rhön was defined as a natural area in 1968 as part of the natural spatial structure ( M = 1: 200,000) and assigned as follows:
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(to 35 East Hessian mountains )
- (to 354 Hohe Rhön )
- (to 354.1 Rhön headquarters)
- 354.12 Eastern descent of the Langen Rhön
- (to 354.1 Rhön headquarters)
- (to 354 Hohe Rhön )
Demarcation
To the Langen Rhön in the west of the area, the tree line is to be drawn up to the Rhönkopf , then an imaginary line in a north-northeast direction to the L1123 near Reichenhausen. Then the border to the east follows the Vordere Rhön in a southerly direction to the Streutal valley . This is followed, mostly at an altitude of between 400 and 500 meters, by the eastern Rhön foothills , more precisely: the Fladunger Mulde , then the Mellrichstädter Gäu near the Heppberge . The natural border finally goes more and more to the west and touches the Schönau plateau , which is counted as part of the southern Rhön .
geology
On the eastern slope of the Langen Rhön, the shell-limestone plinth on which the Lange Rhön also sits comes to light. Most of the knolls are, however, of basalt origin. The terrain is mainly divided into Riedel by river valleys facing the litter . Their importance can be seen in the numerous partially abandoned basalt works, for example on the Bauersberg or on the Rother Berg. A lignite layer that was formed in the Tertiary was partially mined in the area of the ice trench . Solifluction debris has mostly accumulated above what is standing, while Pleistocene gravel fields are located at the foot . Sandy to silty and clayey loam soils have formed on shell limestone and basalt over the course of millions of years.
mountains
- Streufelsberg ( 739.8 m ; east of the elbow )
- Gangolfsberg ( 735.8 m ; rampart)
- Cold beech ( 722.6 m )
- Steinkopf (Roth) ( 719 m )
- Rother Kuppe ( 711 m ; Rhön Club observation tower and restaurant)
- Schloßberg (Hausen) ( 677 m ; location of the former Hildenburg )
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High Rodkopf ( 607.1 m )
- Lahrberg ( 537.5 m ; southeast foothills)
- Hüppberg ( 591 m )
- Heppberg ( 546.3 m )
- Dünsberg (Rhön) ( 503 m )
Natural space
Partly very extensive, original deciduous forests mixed with spruce parcels largely determine the landscape. In between there are pastures, meadows and occasionally, if the climate permits, fields. The amount of precipitation varies between 850 and 1000 mm per year, depending on the altitude.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Brigitte Schwenzer: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 140 Schweinfurt - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg, 1968 → Natural space map (PDF, 4 MB).
- ↑ a b c Werner Röll: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 126 Fulda - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg, 1969 → Natural space map (PDF, 4 MB).