Breitenberg (Thuringian Forest)
| Breitenberg | ||
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 Partial view from the southwest |
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| height | 697.3 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Thuringia , Germany | |
| Mountains | Thuringian Forest | |
| Dominance | 3.5 km → Glöckner | |
| Notch height | 120 m ↓ Aschhof | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 53 '40 " N , 10 ° 23' 0" E | |
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| rock | Ruhla crystalline | |
The Breitenberg is a prominent mountain in the western Thuringian Forest , it is located about two kilometers northeast of the Rennsteig and forms the local mountain of the city of Ruhla in the Wartburg district .
The name is derived from the shape of the surface - the massive looking, conspicuous mountain has an extension of about four kilometers in north-south direction and three kilometers in east-west direction. The almost 700 m high mountain is bordered in the south, west and north by the town of Ruhla, on its northern edge is the Fuchsgrund and the Schossberg, separated by a notch valley, with a cave known as the Hohler Stein .
The mountain is forested right down to the valley - in the western and northern parts mainly with deciduous forest (beech), in the eastern and southern parts it is planted with spruce. The summit plateau, afforested with young forest, has no viewpoints. Only on the west side, as a result of windbreak aisles, there are some opportunities to look towards the Hörselberge . In the middle slope on the north side is the listed Königshäuschen , a popular excursion restaurant. The mountain is accessed by an extensive network of forest roads. A hiking trail equipped as a nature trail runs above the Ruhla village. In the northern section, the Görmichenstein rocks are affected, which is a slate-like rock that was used as a material for roofing shingles in the 18th century, but was avoided because of its higher weight and poor processing quality. On the eastern flank of the mountain, the Ruhla mining tradition was preserved until the 1970s, it is the so-called Nesselrain tunnels .
cards
- Topographic map 1:50 000: TK50W Nr.55 - Western Thuringian Forest , Thuringian State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation, ISBN 3-86140-265-3
Individual evidence
- ↑ Between Ruhla, Bad Liebenstein and Schmalkalden (= values of our homeland . Volume 48). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1989, p. 47.
- ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. Wartburgkreis, district of Gotha, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.