Braunenberg (Swabian Alb)
| Braunenberg | ||
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 Braunenberg with transmission tower |
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| height | 685.3 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Mountains | Swabian Alb | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 51 '44 " N , 10 ° 7' 39" E | |
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| rock | White Jura | |
| particularities | Centuries of mining on oolithic iron ore in the Aalenium | |
The Braunenberg is 685.3 m above sea level. NHN high mountain east of the Aalen district of Wasseralfingen on the Ostalb . It is the most striking elevation of the ridge Flexner ( 48 ° 52 ' N , 10 ° 8' O , 725.4 m above sea level. NHN ), where it is upstream.
Geographical location
The Braunenberg is part of the eastern Swabian Alb and its layered landscape that characterizes the landscape . The mountain offers a view of the city and the Remstal , the Rosenstein , Stuifen and Hohenstaufen , which can be seen as a silhouette even when the weather is cloudy. There is also a view of the Kocher Valley , where the district of Unterkochen and the district of Heide in Oberkochen are located.
geology
Viewed from the side, the step-like relief of the mountain can be seen well. It is shaped by the layers of the Brown and White Jura . These layers were deposited on the seabed at the time when the area was covered by seas. Due to different climatic and geological circumstances of time and place, the iron sandstone formation typical of East Wuerttemberg was created in the Braunen Jura on the Braunenberg . The thicker limestone layer of the White Jura above it later formed in a tropical sea with sponges and coral reefs. Due to the uplift of large parts of southern Germany in the Cretaceous period , the layers rose here as well, sloping towards the southeast. Exemplary line erosion and drainage created the valley of the originally running in the opposite direction cooker (see Urbrenz ) and the striking relief of Brown mountain with its typical layer steps on its eastern edge.
Mining of raw materials
From 1608 to 1939 oolithic and silicon-containing iron ore was mined in Braunenberg , first for the surrounding smelting plants and from 1671 for the Wasseralfingen ironworks . The extracted material was brought to the surface with a mine train and transported first with the first cogwheel train in Germany, from 1924 with cable cars to Wasseralfingen and into the valley to the iron and steel works, where it was processed. Because of the accompanying material, the ore was less suitable for steel production and was processed into more brittle cast iron . The limestone necessary for smelting could be broken from the upper limestone layer and brought up with an extension of the cable car. The fossil-rich limestone quarries are still visible today, but the cable car was completely dismantled after the pit was closed; however, remains of the foundations can still be found along the former route.
Situated at Braunsberg former pit Wilhelm since 1987 a Tiefer Stollen -called visitor mine and also serves as a healing gallery .
Transmission tower
Southeast of the Braunenberg has been the Aalen station of Südwestrundfunk since 1956 , which not only supplies the entire East Württemberg region with television and radio programs, but can also be received far beyond. An 80 meter high reinforced concrete tower serves as the antenna carrier, which with the antenna mast on top reaches a total height of 140 meters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Winfried Trinkle: Ostalb - becoming and colonization . Einhorn, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1979, ISBN 3-921703-24-7 , p. 24-29 .
- ↑ Product according to information provided by the guide when visiting a gallery.
- ↑ Werner Bieg: Wasseralfingen, Aalen and upper Kochertal . In: Walter Weller (Ed.): Mining and miners . Wir Verlag, Aalen 1987, ISBN 3-924492-21-2 , p. 20/21 .