Augstberg
| Augstberg | ||
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| height | 848.1 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany | |
| Mountains | Swabian Alb | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 17 '51 " N , 9 ° 16' 36" E | |
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| rock | White Jura | |
| particularities | Augstberg Tower ( AT ) | |
The Augstberg (from Old High German ouwist "sheep herd") on the Swabian Alb is an elevation in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg . At 848.1 m above sea level NHN forms the wooded, reef limestone of the Weißjuras ( Kimmeridgium ) consisting of the highest elevation in the urban area of Trochtelfingen . It is located about 1.5 km south of Steinhilben , an eastern district of Trochtelfingen.
Augstberg Tower
The Augstbergturm , a 30 meter high observation tower of the Swabian Alb Association, stands on the summit of the Augstberg . A 15-meter-high wooden observation scaffold erected at this point in 1898 was damaged by a storm in 1898, then reinforced and raised to 22 meters. In 1910 an autumn storm caused the scaffolding to collapse. Today's tower, a seven-story wooden structure on a reinforced concrete foundation, was inaugurated in May 1963. It is open every day.
The contrast between Kuppen- and Flächenalb dominates the panorama. The boundary between the two landscapes, the cliff line of the Molasse Sea , runs around three kilometers south of the Augstberg. To the north one overlooks the hilly highlands of the Reutlinger and Münsinger Alb. In the southwest the heights on both sides of the Lauchert valley can be seen, in the southeast the Zwiefalter Alb sloping down to the Danube. When visibility is good, the Alps from the Karwendel to the Bernese Oberland appear in the south .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfred Helfenstein: The Namengut Pilate territory. Keller, Luzern 1982 ISBN 3-85766-004-X , p. 21.
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
literature
- Schwäbischer Albverein, Trochtelfingen-Steinhilben local group (ed.): Around the Augstberg tower . 1963.