Eichelberg (Franconian Alb)

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Eichelberg
height 615.5  m above sea level NHN
location near Weißenburg in Bavaria ; Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district , Bavaria ( Germany )
Mountains Weissenburger Alb
Coordinates 49 ° 1 '1 "  N , 11 ° 1' 39"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '1 "  N , 11 ° 1' 39"  E
Eichelberg (Franconian Alb) (Bavaria)
Eichelberg (Franconian Alb)

The Eichelberg is 615.5  m above sea level. NHN high, wooded mountain of the Weißenburger Alb , part of the low mountain range Franconian Alb , in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen ( Bavaria ).

geography

location

The Eichelberg rises in the Altmühltal nature park in the middle of the Weißenburg city forest . Its summit is 4.2 km southeast of Weißenburg's old town and 2.2 km southwest of its Oberhochstatt district . State road 2228 runs north between the two villages . The Alte Bürg is located on the west flank , and in the southwest to south there is a quarry in the transition area to the Steinberg , in which Treuchtlinger marble is extracted. On the Eichelberg, parts of the nature reserve protection zone in the Altmühltal nature park ( CDDA no. 396115; designated 1995; 1632.9606  km² in size) spread out.

The Laubbichel rises to the north, the Wülzburger Berg with the Wülzburg fortress to the northwest , the Steinberg to the south -southwest , and the Steinplatte to the south-southeast .

Natural allocation

The Eichelberg belongs to 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 Weißenburger Alb (082.26).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. Topographic map : Eichelberg , on the Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( references )
  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)