Amber (Northern Black Forest)
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 Gaggenau- Sulzbach with the amber in the background |
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| height | 693.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Rastatt district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany | |
| Mountains | Black Forest | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 '39 " N , 8 ° 23' 46" E | |
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The amber is 693.5 m above sea level. NHN high mountain in the northern Black Forest in the area of the city of Gaggenau , district Rotenfels , and the city of Bad Herrenalb , district Bernbach . It is part of the ridge that delimits the front Murgtal on its east side. The summit of this mountain is a six meter high rock made of red sandstone with an over 25 m² viewing platform.
Natural monument
The amber rock and its surrounding area was therefore designated as a two-dimensional natural monument by the cities of Gaggenau and Bad Herrenalb by ordinance on November 5, 2007 because of the rock formation that is unique for the region and the geological-tectonic and natural history importance and is under the protection area number 82160150001 at the Freiburg regional council guided. In addition, the amber rock is classified as a geotope .
geology
Geologically, the origin of amber goes back to the Lower Triassic 240 million years ago. The summit structure of this mountain consists of fissured middle red sandstone . The exposure of the mighty red sandstone blocks is a result of the subsidence of the Upper Rhine Rift , which began around 50 million years ago. About 5 million years ago, the rift edges began to uplift and tilt. The actual formation of the amber rock falls during this time. Its current form is the result of millennia-long cold ages , i.e. ice ages , which in turn were interrupted by warm periods.
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The hollow spherical formations ('spherical sandstone') on the south-west wall and the north-east wall of the amber rock are remnants of geodes that were once embedded here ; they have nothing to do with glacier mills or even with human influence, as is repeatedly suggested.
Main rock
The main rock of the amber has a volume of approx. 200 m³. It is accessible via a stone staircase built in 1864 and offers an impressive panoramic view. When the view is clear, the view extends far beyond the front Murgtal, z. For example, the Strasbourg Cathedral is 54 km away, the Vosges Mountains 60–120 km away and the mountains of the Palatinate Forest 45–75 km away. The visible horizon length is then up to 180 km.
On the main rock there is a three meter high stone cross from 1877 and since 1995 a semicircular panorama board made of stainless steel. This provides information about the direction and distance to visible places and mountains within a radius of 18 km and to some more distant positions such as Karlsruhe and Hornisgrinde as well as non-visible positions such as Feldberg and Mont Blanc . Information is also provided about the position of the sunset on the visible horizon at the summer solstice , the equinoxes and the winter solstice with the date and time. In addition, information is provided about the length of the day (time between sunrise and sunset) in hours and minutes at the beginning of the season as well as the midday sun height (highest point of the sun on its apparent daily path) in degrees, also at the beginning of the season. The information about the mean distance from the earth to the moon, the sun, the orbit of the dwarf planet Pluto and the next star in km and light transit times as well as distances into the interior of the earth with the assigned layer structure of the earth on a scale of 1: 17.5 lead to completely different dimensions Million
Access
Hiking trails of different lengths, steepness and height differences lead to Bernstein, the shortest with a length of approx. 3.5 km each from Althof and Bernbach (districts of Bad Herrenalb), the longer and steeper ones from Michelbach and Sulzbach (districts of Gaggenau) and from Gaggenau himself.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Profile of the extensive natural monument in the LUBW's list of protected areas
- ↑ Geotope profile of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining , accessed on May 5, 2020