Arensberg
| Arensberg
(Arnulphusberg)
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| height | 561.3 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Zilsdorf ; Vulkaneifel district , Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Eifel | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 17 '19 " N , 6 ° 43' 50" E | |
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| Type | volcano | |
| rock | basalt | |
| Age of the rock | Tertiary | |
| particularities | - former Arnolphus church - former basalt quarry |
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The Arensberg , also called Arnulphusberg , is 561.3 m above sea level. NHN high mountain of the Vulkaneifel . The former volcano is located near Zilsdorf in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Vulkaneifel .
geography
location
The Arensberg rises in the Vulkaneifel Nature Park . Its summit is in the municipality of Walsdorf . Its core location is 1.8 km southwest. The Walsdorf district of Zilsdorf, to which the summit belongs, is 1.2 km to the southeast. The Altstraßbach flows east past the Arensberg and to the west the Walsdorfer Bach , fed by the Mauerbach in the south-west , which unites north of the mountain to the Felschbach . Its water reaches the Ahbach through the Niedereher Bach .
Natural allocation
The Arensberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Eastern Eifel (No. 27), the main unit Kalkeifel (276) and the subunit Northern Vulkaneifel (276.8) to the natural area Dockweiler Vulkaneifel (276.81). To the north the landscape leads into the natural area Hillesheimer Kalkmulde (276.71), which belongs to the subunit Ahrdorf-Hillesheimer Kalkmulden (276.7).
Mountain height
The Arensberg is 561.3 m high. Its summit is on the western edge of the former quarry; about 50 m north-northeast of it, a 561.2 m high point can be found on topographic maps . Large parts of the top of the once 590 m high mountain were removed by basalt mining.
Geology and quarry
The two proven eruption phases of the tertiary stratovolcano took place around 24 to 32 million years ago. In modern times, the mountain was used as a quarry , and finds from Roman and medieval times were discovered during mining . You could enter the interior of the quarry through a short tunnel, which is located in the former chimney of the volcano. The passage of the old quarry has been closed since the tunnel collapsed in 2018.
Protected areas
On the south to south-west flank of the Arensberg are the nature reserves Am Berg bei Walsdorf ( CDDA no. 162142; identified in 1988; 1.02 hectares in size), Ans Ende bei Walsdorf (CDDA no. 162225; 1988; 1.81 hectares) and Auf Klein-Pamet near Walsdorf (CDDA no. 318141; 1988; 1.32 ha). On the mountain are parts of the fauna-flora-habitat area Gerolsteiner Kalkeifel (FFH no. 5706-303; 84.08 km² ) and the bird sanctuary Vulkaneifel (VSG no. 5706-401; 11.25 km²).
Arnolphus Church
The pilgrimage church Arnolphuskirche has stood on the Arensberg since the 12th century . It was demolished in the 19th century and partially used as building material for the new Walsdorf parish church. Remains of the stations of the cross still exist today. In 1988 a small chapel was built on the way to the quarry to commemorate the church.
Traffic and walking
The federal highway 421 passes south between Walsdorf in the west and Zilsdorf in the east . From this, the district road 59, which runs approximately northeast to Kerpen , branches off directly northwest of Walsdorf . The German Volcano Road and the GEO-PATH of the Hillesheim community also touch the Arensberg; From this hiking trail there is a branch to the tunnel through which the local abandoned quarry can be reached.
References and comments
- ↑ a b c d Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ Former mountain heights according to Der Große Falk Atlas - Germany Detailed Maps , M = 1: 200,000, 2004/2005, ISBN 9783827903815
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ see field name at Arnolphuskirche according to the referenced LANDIS map
See also
Web links
- 24. Arensberg ( memento of October 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), originally on hillesheim.org