Iceberg (Stölzinger Mountains)
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.JPG) View from the Alheimerturm north to the iceberg |
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| height | 583 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | at Hetzerode ; Schwalm-Eder District and Werra-Meißner District , Hesse ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains |
Fulda-Werra-Bergland , Stölzinger Mountains |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 8 '48 " N , 9 ° 46' 31" E | |
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| particularities | highest mountain in the Stölzinger Mountains | |
The iceberg is 583 m above sea level. NHN the highest mountain in the Stölzinger Mountains (Stölzinger Bergland) in the East Hessian mountainous region . It is located near Hetzerode in the Schwalm-Eder and Werra-Meißner districts in Hesse .
geography
location
The iceberg rises in the north-eastern part of northern Hesse in the Fulda-Werra-Bergland , part of the eastern Hessian mountainous region, on the border of the cities of Spangenberg , Hessisch Lichtenau and Waldkappel, with a peak in the area of Waldkappel near its district of Hetzerode and almost 100 m southwest of the summit running border from Schwalm-Eder-Kreis to Werra-Meißner-Kreis. The summit of the mountain at the northern beginning of the Stölzinger Höhe (Stolzhäuser Ridge) is 1.7 km south of Reichenbach (Hessisch Lichtenau), 2.4 km west of Wollstein (monastery near Waldkappel- Harmuthsachsen ), 2.7 km northwest of Hetzerode ( Waldkappel), 2.8 km north-north-east of Bischofferode , 2 km north-east of Weidelbach (both Spangenberg) and 2.6 km east- south- east of Wickersrode (Hessisch Lichtenau). The northern parts of the mountain belong to the geo-nature park Frau-Holle-Land (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) , the southern border of which runs over the mountain peak.
The Pfieffe, an eastern tributary of the Fulda, rises on the west-southwest flank of the wooded iceberg . On its northeast flank lies the source of the Vockebach , which passes the mountain to the north as a northern Pfieffe tributary in a rather elongated left curve. On the eastern flank, a little south of the Große Steine, the Hetze rises as a west-northwest tributary of the Schemmerbach .
Parts of the fauna-flora-habitat area Werra- und Wehretal extend to the eastern flank of the iceberg (FFH no. 4825-302; 244.8191 km² ).
Around 1.3 km northeast of the iceberg, a little south-east of Reichenbach, rise up the Dolomite rocks, the Große Steine, which are designated as a natural monument, and about 3 km northwest of the mountain, beyond the Vockebach valley, on the 522.3 m high Schlossberg are the Reichenbach castle ruins .
geomorphology
From a geomorphological point of view, the iceberg is part of the northern boundary of the heavily forested Stölzinger Mountains, which in turn corresponds to the south-eastern boundary of the extensive Frau-Holle-Land geological park.
Natural allocation
The iceberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Osthessisches Bergland (No. 35), in the main unit Fulda-Werra-Bergland (357) and in the subunit Stölzinger Bergland ( Stölzinger Gebirge ; 357.4) with a peak position of the natural area Stolzhäuser Ridge ( Stölzinger Höhe ; 357.41) and with western parts in the natural area Vockeroder Bergland (with cat's forehead) (357.42). To the north the landscape falls for in Reichenbach located limit the subunit Witzenhausen Altmorschener Talung (357.5) with the natural space Hessian-light Auer pool (357.51) from.
Traffic and walking
State road 3249 leads north past the iceberg , from which, starting in Reichenbach , you can drive to the Großer Steinen on a cul-de-sac . In the east there is a spur road to Wollstein, which branches off from federal highway 7 near Harmuthsachsen . The L 3227 runs past the south between Hetzerode and Bischofferode over the Stölzinger Höhe . In the south-west, the district road 140 leads from Bischofferode through Weidelbach to Vockerode-Dinkelberg . For example, starting at these roads, the mountain can be hiked on mostly forest trails and paths. The hiking trail of German unity , the Bartenwetzerpfad and the Franzosenstraße lead past the mountain peak or over the mountain .
panorama
The highest mountain in this mountain range, the 583 m high iceberg, can be seen in the center of the picture.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 112 Kassel. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF; 6.9 MB)