Arzberg (Altmuehltal)

Arzberg
	Arzberg with Beilngries in the foreground
height	507.1 m
location	Districts of Eichstätt and Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate , Bavaria ( Germany )
Mountains	Franconian Alb
Coordinates	49 ° 2 '1 " N , 11 ° 29' 14" E Coordinates: 49 ° 2 '1 " N , 11 ° 29' 14" E
rock	limestone

The Arzberg ( pronunciation ^?^/^I ) is 507.1 m above sea level. NN high mountain of the southern Franconian Alb near Beilngries and Dietfurt in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt and in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt , Bavaria ( Germany ).

At the same time, the Arzberg is the natural area 082.38 in the northern part of the southern Franconian Alb . This is completely surrounded by the Beilngries-Dietfurt valley zone (82.37).

Geographical location

The Arzberg is located in the Altmühltal nature park between Beilngries directly in the west and Dietfurt a little further away in the east, with the urban areas of Beilngries (western Arzberg) and Dietfurt (eastern Arzberg) extending far to the predominantly wooded mountain. In the valley north of the mountain is Ottmaring (to Dietfurt), to the south are Kottingwörth (to Beilngries), Grögling and Töging (both to Dietfurt).

To the north, in the section between Beilngries and Dietfurt in the Ottmaringer dry valley, the Main-Danube Canal runs past the Arzberg. The Sulz once flowed through this valley , which during the last Ice Age broke through the rock bar to the Altmühltal and since then - today after flowing through Beilngries - it has flowed into the Altmühl, which flows south of the mountain . The canal was integrated into the course of both rivers.

The Arzberg is about six kilometers long in a west-east direction and a maximum of two kilometers wide in a north-south direction.

On the western Arzberg there are the remains of a prehistoric section fortification .

Protected areas

The southwestern part of the Arzberg is designated as a nature reserve Arzberg near Beilngries (NSG-00747.01, WDPA 555546332).

The western and southern flanks of the Arzberg form the extreme eastern part of the multi-part fauna-flora-habitat area “Mittleres Altmühl valley with Wellheim dry valley and Schambachtal ” (FFH no. 7036-371, WDPA: 555521791). This area is part of the rock and hillside forest bird sanctuary in the Altmühl, Naab, Laber and Danube valleys (VSG no. 7037-471, WDPA: 555537865). The Töginger slopes on the southeastern tip of the mountain belong to the adjoining FFH area to the east, "Dry slopes in the lower Altmühltal with Laaberleiten and Galgental" (FFH no. 7036-371). Almost the entire mountain is part of the 3141.36 km² protected landscape area within the Altmühltal Nature Park, founded in 1995 (LSG No. 329151).

Geotopes

The Arzberg itself is registered as geotope number by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment . 176R015 “Arzberg breakthrough mountain east of Beilngries”. At 2000 meters long, 1000 meters wide and 150 meters high and covering an area of two million square meters, it is the largest breakthrough mountain in Europe. There are two more geotopes on the Arzberg.

The abandoned quarry near the western tip of Beilngries (no. 176A018) "Abandoned quarry on western Arzberg"
The " Leibrecht Quarry on Arzberg W von Töging " (No. 176A017) between Kottingwörth and Töging.

hike

The European long-distance hiking trail E8 runs over the Arzberg and through the Altmühltal in the section between Beilngries and Dietfurt . The 3.5 km long Arzberg forest nature trail has been laid out since 1995 , with numerous information boards providing information.