Örksche Switzerland

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Örksche Switzerland
The Orke's entry valley into Örksche Schweiz near Dalwigksthal; above in the background Lichtenfels Castle
The Orke's entry valley into Örksche Schweiz near Dalwigksthal; above in the background Lichtenfels Castle
Alternative names Waldeck Switzerland
surface 10.94 km²
Greater region 3rd order 24–25, 27–33, 56 →
Rheinisches Schiefergebirge
Main unit group 33 →
Süderbergland
4th order region
(main unit)		 332 →
East Sauerland mountain range
5th order region 332.3 →
Waldstruth
6th order region 332.33 →
Örksche Switzerland
Natural area characteristics
Landscape type semi-montane low mountain range
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 9 '26 "  N , 8 ° 49' 13.5"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '26 "  N , 8 ° 49' 13.5"  E
Örksche Switzerland (Hesse)
Örksche Switzerland
Location Örksche Switzerland
local community Lichtenfels (Hessen) , Vöhl
circle Waldeck-Frankenberg district
state Hesse
Map of the natural area and neighborhood
Reckenberg Castle

The Örksche Switzerland is a lower natural area of Ostsauerländer mountain edge to the interturn and rock rich water gap of Orke between Dalwigksthal at the foot of the Burg Lichtenfels and Niederorke , who is also the tributary of Heimbach from the foot Fürstenbergs includes to, on Waldeck-Frankenberg , Hesse . The district town of Korbach is about 11 km away (north-north-east; Fürstenberg to the city center), the Edersee about 4 km (north-east; edge of the natural area to the west bank), the Kurhessian Frankenberg about 8 km (south edge to the city center) and the Westphalian Medebach about 8 km (north-west; Dalwigksthal to city center).

This landscape is even better known under the name Waldeckische Schweiz .

landscape

Limits

The natural area is through the L 3084 Sachsenberg - Niederorke to the south and the L 3076 Sachsenberg - Dalwigksthal - Rhadern to the west, which run at a short distance or just belong to the natural area (serpentines of the L 2076 immediately northeast of Dalwigksthal), clearly from the Neighboring landscapes separated. To the northwest, the tree line separates the landscape from the Goddelsheimer Feld ; to the northeast, the edge of the Heimbach creek and the Orke valley edge, which takes up its southeast direction, are below the border. Beyond the Heimbach lies Fürstenberg , once the smallest town in Waldeck, on the edge of the natural area.

Rhadern is a little bit outside to the northwest, Buchenberg to the east.

mountains

The main mountain of the (larger) south wing is the Greek head ( 454.4 m above sea level ), which merges  to the northwest, before Dalwigksthal, into the Eisenberg ( 432.4 m ), on whose northeast spur  Lichtenfels Castle stands, and to the southwest into the Hönscheid ( 421.3  m ) immediately east of Sachsenberg. The northwest wing comes to the Eulenkopf , northeast opposite the Eisenberg and Lichtenfels Castle, still at 428.6  m , similar heights are also reached northeast of it.

Beyond the Heimbachtal, five conspicuous Riedel protrude into the natural area (from north to south): the actual Fürstenberg with the hedgehog cliff with the old town (around 423  m ), the southwest spur of the Hopfenberg (around 441  m ), the Hohe Rad ( 422  m ) Nameless ( 417  m ) and the Arnsberg (around 387  m ). Orographically, they are not independent mountains, but foothills of the Höhnscheid , which reaches 490.1  m 2 km north-northeast of the Fürstenberg old town and is nominally part of the Kellerwald (see below).

traffic

The natural area is almost entirely free of traffic routes. An exception is the district road 50 from Rhadern to Fürstenberg, which flanks it in the east from the inside to the north and winds directly before Fürstenberg into the Heimbachtal and then in serpentines up to the dwarf town. A cul-de-sac branches off from this on the left bank of the Heimbach stream , which, past the Untere Mühle below the Igelklippe, changes to the Heimbach side halfway through and finally ends , immediately in front of the Orke, at the only residential building in the natural area, Reckenberg Castle , now a private estate . Furthermore, the serpentines of the L 3076 immediately northeast of Dalwigksthal belong to the natural area.

Protected areas

The meander in the valley between Lichtenfels Castle and Reckenberg Castle used to be under landscape protection. Currently (2020) only the cleared part from Reckenberg, which is mostly in the area of ​​the municipality of Vöhl, is under appropriate protection and is part of the landscape protection area Auenverbund Eder . However, the North Hesse 2000 landscape framework plan indicated a planned LSG Orke and Aartal for the municipality of Lichtenfels , which was to be combined with a 310 hectare nature reserve Middle Orketal .

The Orke valley is part of the Obere Eder FFH area ; Edertal and south wing (without the Sachsenberger Hönscheid) are located in the Hessisches Rothaargebirge bird sanctuary .

Natural allocation

In the single sheet 1: 200,000 111 Arolsen from 1963 (Martin Bürgener), which refines the work from the manual of the natural spatial structure of Germany , adopted without changes in Die Natur Raum Hessens 1988 (Otto Klausing), Örksche Switzerland is assigned as follows:

The assignment in this compilation is not necessarily mandatory. Geomorphologically, Örksche Schweiz is the southwestern continuation of the Höhnscheid (natural area 344.52), which has become part of the Kellerwald (344) in terms of its natural spatial structure - although it is clearly to the left of the Eder and right of the Itter (and is not commonly seen as part of the Kellerwald) is - especially since it is outside the Kellerwald-Edersee nature park ). This ridge continues northwest of Örkschen Schweiz in the actual Aarstruth with the Selbergshöhe ( 460  m ) southwest of Rhadern and the Probstberg (around 480  m ) west of Goddelsheim, where Höhnscheid heights are almost reached again.

The Sachsenberger Leimestruth, on the other hand, like the part of the Hessenstein Forest on the left of the Eder, does not reach 400  m even at high altitudes and is also cleared outside its center. Between Sachsenberg and Schreufa is Zechstein .

North of the ridge line from Höhnscheid to Aarstruth, Rhadern, nominally located in Aarstruth, also stands on Zechstein. The fields around this place could therefore also be interpreted as the highest part of the Goddelsheim field (unit 340 1 .12 of the Waldecker Gefildes 340 1 ).

Use of the term "Waldeckische Schweiz"

With Waldeckische Switzerland the landscape of the natural environment is meant originally just under Örksche Switzerland has been clarified. The "city" of Lichtenfels , on whose territory all surrounding places except Niederorke and Buchenberg are located, is trying to market this term as an alleged synonym for its municipality:

"The city of Lichtenfels with its eight unique districts Dalwigksthal, Fürstenberg, Goddelsheim, Immighausen, Münden, Neukirchen, Rhadern and Sachsenberg together form the" Waldeckische Schweiz "."

- Website of the city of Lichtenfels

When comparing reality, however, you will find that Sachsenberg and Rhadern are Acker Höhendörfer in Zechstein without any significant local relief energy, Goddelsheim and Immighausen are Ackerdörfer at medium altitude in Goddelsheimer Feld or lower in Korbach in the Zechstein belt of Waldecker Gefildes and even in Münden and Neukirchen Münder Grund , the most undulating part of the Medebach Bay .

The term Waldeckische Schweiz is often spontaneously misinterpreted and interpreted as part of the Edersee region or the Waldecker Upland .

credentials

  1. ↑ a b Map and legend of the natural areas of Hesse (online copy of Die Naturraum Hessens , Otto Klausing 1988) in the Hessen Environmental Atlas of the Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology
  2. ↑ (or from the unwooded part of Aarstruth, see below)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  4. ↑ Bürgener (1960) uses the term “dwarf city” several times.
  5. ↑ Bürgener (1963) writes this explicitly in the present tense.
  6. ↑ Landscape framework plan North Hesse 2000 , accessed on May 19, 2020
  7. ↑ Martin Bürgener: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 111 Arolsen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. →  Online map (PDF; 4.1 MB)
  8. ↑ The prefix “Sachsenberger” comes from Klausing (1988). Bürgener (1963) only writes about “Leimestruth”.
  9. ↑ GeoViewer of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials ( information )
  10. ↑ Bürgener (1963) also draws the border between Waldecker Gefilde and Ostsauerländer Bergland between Goddelsheim and Rhadern as "not definable as a line".
  11. ↑ The collective municipality of Lichtenfels, which is administered from its largest sub-municipality of Goddelsheim, has “inherited” the historical city rights of Sachsenberg and Fürstenberg, but there is, in fact, no “city of Lichtenfels” with a corresponding city center.
  12. ↑ EXCURSION DESTINATIONS , website of the city of Lichtenfels