Albuch

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The Albuch (occasionally also the Albuch or Aalbuch ) is a northeastern part of the Swabian Alb , west of the valley axis of upper Kocher and upper Brenztal between Aalen in the northeast, Heidenheim an der Brenz in the east and Geislingen an der Steige in the west.

Name origin

In written sources, the name "Albuch" is first found in the biography of Bishop Otto von Bamberg , written by monk Ebo in the middle of the 12th century . The name is interpreted as "nobility book", forest of the nobility.

nature

The character of the Albuch is shaped by wide forests, plateaus, juniper heaths and wooded steep slopes. Despite the inhospitable climate, there is evidence of early settlement, which is evident not least from the numerous burial mounds from the Celtic era . Through the cavities formed by water veins in the limestone landscape, one can find a large number of sinkholes (collapsed surface caves ), such as the approximately 62 m deep Wollenloch shortly before the waste in the Brenz and Kocher valleys near the municipal boundary between Königsbronn and Oberkochen . Some of these were filled with rainwater, creating pods that also serve as drinking troughs for game and cattle. Another scenic feature of the Albuch is the Steinheim Basin , which was created around 15 million years ago when a 150-meter-large meteorite hit .

Panorama view from the eastern edge of the northern part of the Steinheim basin with Steinheim. The central mountain is on the left, the chain of hills in the background represents the western edge.

Attractive excursion destinations include the Wental , a dry valley with a collection of bizarre limestone formations and the Albtrauf , the north-western edge of the plateau, from which grandiose views z. B. bid on the three Kaiserberge Hohenstaufen , Stuifen and Rechberg . One of these vantage points is the Rosenstein castle ruins on the Rosenstein above the town of Heubach .

Places on the Albuch

Others

On the Württemberg map from 1559 and the map of the Swabian district in 1572 , the Albuch is incorrectly entered north of Schwäbisch Gmünd instead of southeast of the city.

literature

  • Alfred Weiss: Weiherwiesen nature reserve on the Albuch (= guide to nature and landscape protection areas in Baden-Württemberg ISSN 0344-6344 vol. 16), ed. State Institute for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg - Institute for Ecology and Nature Conservation, Karlsruhe 1988, ISBN 3-88251-138-9 .
  • Alfred Weiss: The moor meadows of the Albuch. Origin and meaning in the past and present . In: Schwäbischer Albverein (ed.): Albuch - Härtsfeld - Ries , 2nd edition, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Aalen and Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0553-1 , pp. 36-37.
  • Alfred Weiss: Landmarks tell from the history of the Albuch . In: Schwäbischer Albverein (ed.): Albuch - Härtsfeld - Ries , 2nd edition, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Aalen and Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0553-1 , pp. 49-51.
  • Curt Blessing: Sagenhafter Albuch , ed. v. Tourism association ALBUCH-OSTALB eV, Remsdruckerei-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1994.
  • Heinz Bühler : On the history of the Albuch . In: Ders .: Nobility, monasteries and lords of the castle in the old Duchy of Swabia: collected essays , ed. v. Walter Ziegler , reprint of the 1992 publication, Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 1997, ISBN 3-87437-390-8 , pp. 1139-1200.
  • J. Baier and A. Scherzinger: The new geological nature trail in the Steinheim impact crater( Memento from February 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) . Annual reports of the Upper Rhine Geological Association, New Series 92, pp. 9–24, 2010.
  • J. Baier: Geological features in the Albuch. Fossils. Special volume Geopark Schwäbische Alb, pp. 47–51, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 171 Göppingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1961. →  Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)
  2. ^ Hans Graul : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 179 Ulm. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1952. →  Online map (PDF; 4.8 MB)
  3. ↑ Heinz Bühler: On the history of the Albuch , p. 1139.