Effervescent relay
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Effervescent relay
IUCN category none - not specified |
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 The shower relay |
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| location | Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | |
| surface | 13.32 hectares | |
| WDPA ID | 81452 | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 9 ' N , 7 ° 11' E | |
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| Sea level | from 85 m to 289 m | |
| Setup date | March 31, 1941 | |
The Brauselay is a rock on the Moselle in the Cond district in Cochem , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany and at the same time the name of a nature reserve .
The Brauselay, also known as the Loreley on the Moselle , rises 65 meters above the river. The viewing platform at the highest point of the rock is 150 meters above sea level.
The rock is made up of quartzite sandstone banks. The softer slate layers recede noticeably. The Brauselay originated 300 million years ago in the Variscan orogeny , where horizontally deposited sea floors were pushed together to form steep rock folds. The fold mountains were eroded over the course of millions of years. Later the Moselle cut into the mountain hull.
In addition to the rock of the same name, the Brauselay nature reserve includes the entire slope area on the right side of the Moselle opposite the Ebernach monastery and parts of the forest above the rocks. It was placed under protection on March 31, 1941 by the Koblenz district government .
The nature reserve is characterized by a Mediterranean flora. This is due to the dry summers in the rain shadow of the Eifel and Hunsrück and the orientation of the 30 to 40 degrees inclined, water-permeable slopes to the south. This is also favored by the blue-black slate , which store the sun's heat well during the day and release it again at night. This means that low bushes made of barberry , boxwood , hawthorn and wild pear as well as steppe heather and dry grasslands thrive in the Brauseley . The emerald lizard , the smooth snake and the Apollo butterfly , after which the Apolloweg is named, live here. The area is kept open by goats for nature conservation reasons.
From the north-west of the Cochem district of Cond, a path of the cross leads to a vantage point above the protected area. From here the Apolloweg leads past the lower slopes of the Brauselay to Valwig . This is partially identical to the Moselsteig Trail , which, however, climbs steeply to Valwigerberg .
Individual evidence
- ^ Text panel Brauselay on the Apolloweg below the rock.
