Baunsberg
| Baunsberg | ||
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 View from the Langenberge over Großenritte (in front) and Altenritte (on the mountain) to Baunsberg; with Kassel (back) |
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| height | 413.4 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Baunatal ; District of Kassel , North Hesse ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | High Habichtswald in the Habichtswälder Bergland | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 16 '8 " N , 9 ° 24' 34" E | |
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| rock | basalt | |
| particularities | Location of a ring wall with remains of a castle moat , location of a transmission tower |
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The Baunsberg is 413.4 m above sea level. NHN high mountain of the high Habichtswald between Baunatal and Kassel in the Hessian district of Kassel and is considered the local mountain of Baunatal.
geography
location
The Baunsberg rises in the Habichtswald Nature Park as part of the Southeast High Habichtswald southwest of Kassel and north from above the Fulda influx Bauna carrying city Baunatal ; the border between the two cities runs directly north of the mountain along federal motorway 44 . The mountain mainly belongs to the urban area of Baunatal, which extends around it with the districts of Altenritte (west) and Altenbauna (south and east); only the northeast flank is part of the urban area of Kassel with the Brasselsberg district there . To the west-northwest of the mountain is Elgershausen, the easternmost part of the municipality of Schauenburg . Neighboring mountains are the Brasselsberg ( 434.2 m ) in the north and the Hirzstein ( 502 m ) in the northwest.
Natural allocation
The Baunsberg belongs in the natural spatial main unit group West Hessisches Bergland (No. 34), in the main unit Habichtswälder Bergland (342) and in the subunit Habichtswald (with Langenberg) (342.0) to the natural area Hoher Habichtswald (342.00). To the west, the landscape falls into the natural area of Hoofer Pforte (342.01) and to the northeast, east to south, in the main unit West Hessian Basin (343) into the subunit Kassel Basin (343.3).
Mountain height, hilltops and altitude
The Baunsberg consists of a northern ( 397 m ), middle ( 413.4 m ) and southern mountain top (approx. 375 m ); a little north of the north knoll there is a 367.5 m high point and a little south of the south knoll on which there is a transmission tower that can be seen from afar , one at 367 m height. The lowest point of the mountain is in the south at around 215 m at the sports field on "Altenbaunaer Straße".
Protected areas
On the Baunsberg lie in its northern and central dome, the nature reserve Baunsberg ( CDDA -No 81376;. Founded in 1982, 25.52 hectares in size) and the Fauna Flora Habitat -region Baunsberg (FFH No. 4722-303;. 28 , 93 ha). On the lower part of its north-eastern flank there are 44 parts of the landscape protection area of the city of Kassel (CDDA no. 378517; 1995; 19.8386 km² ) below the federal motorway running there .
Geology and history
The Baunsberg, which consists mainly of basalt , is of volcanic origin.
On the middle hilltop there is a ring wall with remains of a castle moat , which represent prehistoric evidence of an abandoned castle and are designated as a cultural monument ; its inner area is at a height of 409.3 m and the highest rampart at 413.4 m , which corresponds to the highest, although artificial, mountain site.
On the middle dome was from Kassel Verschönerungsverein the stone as a viewing platform with shelter serving Rondelchen built and inaugurated on July 17, 1897th For decades it was - above the quarry (see following paragraph) - a popular destination for walkers and hikers. Vandalism and weathering turned the Rondelchen into a ruin, which was demolished in the 1980s due to the risk of collapse.
Until the time before the Second World War (1939–1945), basalt was mined east of the central knoll ; the abandoned quarry is overgrown with trees. As a result of this war, an underground air raid shelter was built in the southern part of the mountain from the beginning of the 1940s to protect the Baunatal population, but it was used during the war and could be reached from the entrances on today's streets Am Brehmenacker and Am Fuchsberg .
The Baunsberg, which belonged to Kassel until December 31, 1963, became the property of the newly founded municipality of Baunatal on January 1, 1964 as part of a regional reform on January 1, 1966, which became a town on July 1, 1966.
Nowadays the Baunsberg is mainly made up of mixed forest belonging to the Kassel state forest .
Traffic and walking
The federal motorway 44 leads north past the Baunsberg with the Kassel-Bad Wilhelmshöhe junction , which is located a little northwest of the mountain directly on the state road 3215 (former federal road 520 ). A little southwest of the bridge on which the L 3215 leads over the A 44 is the Baunsberg hikers' car park . There is a circular hiking trail around the mountain, which is used by walkers and hikers as well as joggers. Side paths and paths branch off from this path, through which one can get to the mountain tops. There is a fitness trail on the south-eastern mountain area. There are other travel and access options with parking spaces on the streets of Baunatal residential areas.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Topographic map Stadtatlas Kassel ( M. = 1: 10,000), Ed .: Stadt Kassel, Vermessung und Geoinformation, 2009
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 112 Kassel. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF; 6.9 MB)
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Official city map (of Kassel), publisher : Magistrat der Stadt, Vermessungsamt, Kassel, 1995, scale 1: 20,000
- ↑ a b c The Baunsberg, a strong point in Northern Hesse , on baunsberg.de
