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 Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '43 "  N , 10 ° 48' 31"  E

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

• Topographic map : Ecklestein , on BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( references )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ↑ Topographic map : Ecklestein , on the Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )
3. ^ 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)