Eilumer Horn

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Eilumer Horn
height 323.3  m above sea level NHN
location near Erkerode ; Wolfenbüttel district , Lower Saxony ( Germany )
Mountains Elm
Dominance 35 km →  Harz east of Bad Harzburg
Notch height 237 m ↓  bifurcation between Großem Graben and Schiffgraben south of Winnigstedt
Coordinates 52 ° 11 '45 "  N , 10 ° 44' 41"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 11 '45 "  N , 10 ° 44' 41"  E
Eilumer Horn (Lower Saxony)
Eilumer Horn
particularities highest point in the Elm
Summit cross with inscription: EILUMER HORN , 323  M ; on the right the box of the summit book

The Eilumer Horn near Erkerode in the Lower Saxony district of Wolfenbüttel is 323.3  m above sea level. NHN the highest point in the Elm ridge . Its name comes from the "line of sight" of the Horn, namely to the village of Eilum on the western edge of the Elm .

geography

location

The Eilumer Horn is located on the western edge of the Elm in the southwest of the Elm-Lappwald Nature Park and belongs to the municipality of Erkerode . Its summit rises around 2.7 km east-southeast of Erkerode, 2.5 km east-northeast of Evessen and 2 km (as the crow flies ) north of Ampleben . The northern branch of the elevation is the Kuxberg ( 321.9  m ); on its northern flank was the Brunkelburg . Beyond that, the Reitlingstal extends , in which the honeycomb flows in an east-west direction.

Natural allocation

The Eilumer Horn belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Northern Harz foreland (No. 51), in the main unit East Brunswick Hügelland (512) and in the subunit Asse-Elm-Hügelland (512.1) to the natural area Elm (512.15).

Mountain height

The height of the 323.3  m high Eilumer Horn is sometimes given as 322, 323 or 325  m , but sometimes the name Kuxberg can be read there. Other values ​​such as 316.7  m and 318.6 m relate to the heights of forest paths  . On some maps, however, the Drachenberg can be seen as the highest point in the Elm, but it only reaches a height of around 313  m .

In the past, the Kuxberg was noted on many hiking maps as the highest peak in the Elm. Four members of the Schöppenstedter Alpenverein measured the position of the highest point in the Elm again in 1989 : They found out that the Eilumer Horn must be the highest point a few hundred meters from the Kuxberg. The Land Surveying Office of Lower Saxony confirmed this information; since then the Horn has been marked as the highest peak in some newer hiking maps.

Protected areas

Part of the Elm landscape protection area is located on the Eilumer Horn ( CDDA no. 320600; designated 1995; area of ​​66.14  km² ). In addition, there is one of the fauna-flora-habitat area Nordwestlicher Elm (FFH no. 3730-303; 14.6 km²) on the west-north-west part of the elevation .

useful information

The shape of the Eilumer Horn differs slightly from the other elevations in the Elm. Above all, it's steeper. On the summit there is a metal summit cross and a summit book , as well as an information board on the historical background. The elevation was usually only mentioned on maps as Kuxberg , but this is only its northern foothills.

Traffic and walking

A few kilometers east of the Eilumer Horn, the state road  290 runs between Königslutter in the north and Sambleben in the south . From this road branches off on the Elmhochlagen at 296.9  m altitude, the L 629 leading north past the elevation and through the Reitlingstal to Erkerode . A little west of the aforementioned junction, near the forester's house Groß Rode, from the L 629 , district road  9 branches off, for example over the Amplebener Berg ( 314.8  m ) to Ampleben . A few kilometers southwest of the elevation leads through Evessen, among other things, the L 625. For example, starting at these roads you can hike the Eilumer Horn on forest paths and trails.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Height indication "323.3  M " according to the summit cross on the Eilumer Horn
  2. a b c Elm with the question “Which is the highest mountain in the Elm?”. on elm-asse-kultur.de
  3. Dominance and prominence according to TK 25
  4. The Great Falk Atlas - Germany Detailed Maps , M = 1: 200,000, 2004/2005, ISBN 3-8279-0381-5 .
  5. a b c d Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )