Bilstein cliffs (Reitzenhagen)

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The Bilstein cliffs in the Bad Wildungen district in the north Hessian district of Waldeck-Frankenberg are, as diabase rock cliffs, a geologically, floristically and faunistically valuable area in the northeast part of the Kellerwald .

Geographical location

The Bilstein cliffs are located in the Kellerwald-Edersee nature park on the southern spur of the Bilstein ( 455.1  m above sea  level ), a mountain near the Reitzenhagen district of Bad Wildungen in the west . Below or south of the cliffs is the valley of the wild , a southwest or right-hand Eder tributary. The Koppelmühle is on the river below the Bilstein .

history

In the 9th or 10th century of Bilstein's a documentary not assignable was above the Bilstein cliffs on a southern spur castle built today as Burg Bilstein referred. It must have been designed as a double castle or with a bailey , because 300 meters to the south lies the rocky cliff secured with a moat . Only a castle hill and the moats are evidence of the castle that was probably lost in the 12th century .

flora

The Bilstein cliffs are a protected biotope of rare plants from previous climatic epochs on the wooded Diabaskuppe of the Bilstein. The Royal Prussian pharmacist Jan Baptista Müller from Medebach first mentioned Bilstein in his "Flora Waldecks und der Herrschaft Itter" in 1841 because of its floristic rarities. A former hut area borders the cliffs , which was reforested with pine trees after grazing was abandoned in 1960 . Through succession , a species-rich grassland developed under the pines. The rare plants in the lean meadow biotope on the cliffs include German dog tongues , stendelwurzen , barberry , juniper , peonies , grass lily and the very rare orchid creeping net leaf .

Protected areas

The Bilstein cliffs and the Bilstein are located in the Bilstein nature reserve near Bad Wildungen ( CDDA no. 318198; designated in 1999; 62.9  ha in size), which is also known as the equally large fauna-flora-habitat area Bilstein near Bad Wildungen (FFH no. 4820-305) is shown. In the area of ​​Bilsteinklippen and Bilstein there are parts of the Kellerwald bird sanctuary (VSG no. 4920-401; 263.9949  km² ).

Transport links and hiking

Along the Wild runs in its portion Reitzenhagen- Reinhardshausen the circuit road  40. From a Wanderparkplatz at Reitzenhagen a path leads up to the Bilstein cliffs. A resting place with benches was built on the cliffs - with a view of the river valley and the Homberg to the south-south-west of it .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bilstein Castle, Bad Wildungen community. Castles, palaces, mansions (as of October 2, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on August 13, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

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Coordinates: 51 ° 7 ′ 39 "  N , 9 ° 5 ′ 47"  E