Eichelberg (Berka / Werra)

Eichelberg
	The Eichelberg with gravel pit in the summit area (view from Rienau )
height	271.3 m above sea level NHN
location	Thuringia ( Germany )
Coordinates	50 ° 56 '15 " N , 10 ° 5' 42" E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '15 " N , 10 ° 5' 42" E
rock	Red sandstone

The Eichelberg is a 271.3 m above sea level. NHN high elevation and marks the field boundary between Berka / Werra and Hausbreitenbach in the Wartburg district in Thuringia .

In terms of nature, the mountain is part of the Horschlitter Mulde, a peripheral area of the Berka basin . The Eichelberg was settled early on. Archaeological finds are in the collection of the Gerstungen Werratal Museum . The relatively flat hill was apparently unsuitable for building a castle, so the medieval administrative seat of Breitenbach was built as a moated castle in the valley to the east . The Berka execution site was on the northern slope on the Herda border.

Today's use with fields and pastures is carried out by the Horschlitter Mulde agricultural cooperative. The summit area of the mountain, which consists of red sandstone, is covered by a layer of rubble deposited in the Quaternary , which is mined as a building material with sand and clay deposits.

After 1995, a small industrial park with businesses in the trade and logistics sector was built on the northeast slope.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
↑ 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.
^ Geyer, Jahne, Storch: Geological sights of the Wartburg district and the independent city of Eisenach . In: District Office Wartburgkreis, Lower Nature Conservation Authority (Hrsg.): Nature conservation in the Wartburgkreis . Issue 8. Printing and publishing house Frisch, Eisenach and Bad Salzungen 1999, ISBN 3-9806811-1-4 , The Eichelberg near Berka / Werra, p. 108 .

[DE_BFN-Karten-1] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[TK10-2-2] 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.

[GeologFührer-3] Geyer, Jahne, Storch: Geological sights of the Wartburg district and the independent city of Eisenach . In: District Office Wartburgkreis, Lower Nature Conservation Authority (Hrsg.): Nature conservation in the Wartburgkreis . Issue 8. Printing and publishing house Frisch, Eisenach and Bad Salzungen 1999, ISBN 3-9806811-1-4 , The Eichelberg near Berka / Werra, p. 108 .