Rabenlay
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Aerial view of Rabenlay (left) and Kuckstein. In the background a field of Oberholtorf |
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height | 180 m above sea level NHN | |
location | Bonn - Oberkassel | |
Mountains | Pleiser hill country | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 43 '7 " N , 7 ° 10' 27" E | |
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rock | basalt | |
Age of the rock | 25 million years |
The Rabenlay , sometimes also Rabenley , is a mountain of the Ennert, which covers the Siebengebirge to the north . It is located to the east of the Oberkassel district of Bonn on the right-hand side of the Rhine . Its height is 180 m above sea level. NHN . It does not have a summit, but is an elevation above a striking rock face that was created as a quarry on the edge of the flat bank of the Rhine.
The Rabenlay is located in a nature reserve. The forest cover prevents water erosion, humus degradation and slows down the landslide processes.
Neighboring to the south-east are the Kuckstein elevations - which is often seen as part of the Rabenlay - and Paffelsberg , to the north the waters of Märchensee, Blauer See and Dornheckensee and the Röckesberg .
Until 1930 basalt was mined in the large basalt dike on the Rabenlay and the Kuckstein . There are several viewpoints on today's steep edge. At the beginning of 2017, the "Skywalk Rabenlay" viewing platform was built above the former Stingenberg quarry on the neighboring Kuckstein.
Web links
- Entry on quarries in the basalt ridge "Rabenlay" near Oberkassel in Beuel in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association
- The Rabenlay near Bonn-Oberkassel ( Memento from February 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )