Ecklestein
Ecklestein | ||
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height | 624.3 m above sea level NHN | |
location | near Auernheim ; Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district , Bavaria ( Germany ) | |
Mountains | Franconian Alb | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 57 '43 " N , 10 ° 48' 31" E | |
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The Ecklestein is 624.3 m above sea level. NHN high, unwooded elevation of the Franconian Alb low mountain range in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen ( Bavaria ).
geography
location
The Ecklestein is located in the Altmühltal Nature Park, directly southeast of Auernheim , the highest town in Middle Franconia and a district of Treuchtlingen . On it are parts of the nature reserve protection zone in the Altmühltal nature park ( CDDA no. 396115; designated 1995; 1632.9606 km² in size).
To the southwest lie the Schmalenberg and the Schellenberg , south the Geißberg and north the Gehäubichel . The Hahnenkamm ridge extends north of the latter .
Natural allocation
The Ecklestein belongs in the natural spatial main unit group Franconian Alb (No. 08), in the main unit Southern Franconian Alb ( 082) and in the subunit Altmühlalb (082.2) to the natural area Hahnenkammalb (082.20).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Topographic map : Ecklestein , on the Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )
- ^ Franz Tichy : Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 163 Nuremberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)