Bausenberg

Bausenberg
height	339.8  m above sea level NN
location	District of Ahrweiler , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
Mountains	Eifel
Coordinates	50 ° 28 '3 "  N , 7 ° 13' 16"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '3 "  N , 7 ° 13' 16"  E
Type	Cinder cone
particularities	Ring wall in the summit region

The Bausenberg is 339.8  m above sea level. NN high cinder cone of the East Eifel in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate ( Germany ).

Geographical location

The Bausenberg is located between Niederzissen in the immediate south and Waldorf in the north-northeast. The federal motorway 61 leads east past the mountain at the "Niederzissen junction" .

Mountain description

The Bausenberg is surrounded by a nature reserve, which was initially secured by an ordinance of August 27, 1968. On April 14, 1981, the mountain was declared a nature reserve by ordinance of the Koblenz district government . The protected area has a size of 127  hectares and includes parts of the Niederzissen and Waldorf districts. The protective purpose is the preservation of the cinder cone with a lava flow flowing to the northeast , because of its special geological importance and as a location for rare plant species and plant communities and as a habitat for rare animal species for scientific reasons. The well-developed ring wall on the Bausenberg is also part of the protected area.

See also: List of nature reserves in the Ahrweiler district

Web links

Commons : Bausenberg (Niederzissen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ordinance on the "Bausenberg" nature reserve (Ahrweiler district) of April 14, 1981 (PDF; 82 kB)
• Landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration
• The Bausenberg horseshoe crater

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )