Dachsberg (Darmstadt-East)

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Dachsberg
height 194.6  m above sea level NHN
location Hessen , Germany
Mountains Forecrops of the Odenwald
Coordinates 49 ° 53 '16 "  N , 8 ° 43' 15"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '16 "  N , 8 ° 43' 15"  E
Dachsberg (Darmstadt-Ost) (Hesse)
Dachsberg (Darmstadt-East)
rock Crystalline Odenwald - Frankenstein Complex
Age of the rock about 360 million years

The Dachsberg is a mountain in the north-western Odenwald, approx. 2.7 km east of Darmstadt . The 194.6 m high mountain in the Darmstadt forest area is heavily forested. Approx. 1.0 km north of the Dachsberg is the Hitzberg , approx. 1.5 km northeast of the Prince of Hesse pit and south of the Scheftheimer Wiesen nature reserve with the Ruthsenbach . Approx. 1.2 km west of the Dachsberg is the Woogsberg .

Toponyms

  1. 1567: on the Dachsberg
  2. 1597: on the Dachswießen
  3. undated: Dachsberg
  4. undated: The Dachswiese
  5. today: Dachsberg

etymology

To Old High German and Middle High German dahs with the meaning " badger ". The name Dachsberg refers to the preferred locations and structures of the roof.

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Individual evidence

  1. City Atlas Darmstadt and Surroundings, Official City Map Darmstadt, Surveying Office of the City of Science Darmstadt, Cartography Department, 2016, p. 27f.
  2. Hans Ramge et al .: Südhessisches Flurnamenbuch , Hessische Historische Kommission Darmstadt, 2002, ISBN 3-88443-045-9 , p. 283.