Eisenberg (Knull)
| Eisenberg | ||
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 The Eisenberg seen from the Geisbach valley |
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| height | 635.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | between Neuenstein and Kirchheim ; District of Hersfeld-Rotenburg , Hessen ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Knüllgebirge | |
| Dominance | 33 km → Desert Garden ( Kellerwald ) | |
| Notch height | 271 m ↓ Schwalmtal , Wallenrod | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 53 '14 " N , 9 ° 31' 3" E | |
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| Type | Ridges | |
| rock | Sandstone with basalt breakthrough | |
| Development | Borgmann Tower in 1913 | |
| particularities | - highest mountain in the Knüllgebirge - Borgmannturm ( AT ) - telecommunications tower / Eisenberg |
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The Eisenberg is 635.5 m above sea level. NHN the highest mountain in the Knüllgebirge (Knüll) . It is located in the municipal areas of Neuenstein and Kirchheim in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse . On the mountain are the Borgmannturm observation tower , a hotel, the Heussner-Haus hiking home and a telecommunications tower .
geography
location
The Eisenberg rises in the southeastern center of the Knüllgebirge - on the border of the communities of Neuenstein in the north and Kirchheim in the south. Its summit is 2 km south-south-east of Salzberg , 3.1 km south-south-west of Raboldshausen , 4.3 km south-west of Saasen , 4.9 km south-west of Aua and 5.8 km west-south-west of Obergeis , five districts of Neuenstein, and 3.7 km northwest of Rotterterode and 2 km north of Willingshain , two districts of Kirchheim, and 3.6 km northeast of Friedigerode , a district of Oberaula .
The south-western neighbor of the Eisenberg is the Nöll ( 492 m ), to the north-east the Holsteinkopf ( 580 m ). The Geisbach flows north of the mountain through the aforementioned Neuensteiner villages . The Kisselbach, a tributary of the Aula south of the mountain through the municipality of Kirchheim, rises on the southern slope of its eastern side knoll, Krötenkuppe ( 581.2 m ) . Both the Geisbach and the auditorium flow into the Fulda , which flows through Bad Hersfeld (largest town near the mountain), 13.5 km east-southeast of the mountain .
Natural allocation
The Eisenberg belongs in the natural spatial main unit group Osthessisches Bergland (No. 35) and in the main unit Knüll and Homberger Hochland (356) to the subunit Hochknüll (356.2). To the south, east and north the landscape falls into the subunit Eastern Knüllvorland (356.1).
Protected areas
On the Eisenberg lies the landscape protection area (LSG) Eisenberg ( CDDA no. 378440; designated 1970; 5.8236 km² in size), to which the LSG Hinterberger Wiesen (CDDA no. 378479; 1972; 1st ) in the southwest on the transition area to the Nöll is located , 2353 km²). Parts of the bird sanctuary Knüll (VSG no. 5022-401; 269.5731 km²) also extend up to the mountain . The nature reserve Hirtenwiese am Eisenberg is located on the lower part of the north-western slope (CDDA no. 163700; 1993; 9.29 ha ).
Towers, inn and hiker's home
Borgmann Tower
From 1894 to 1906 there was an 18 m high wooden observation tower on the Eisenberg . The current structure is the 26 m (according to other sources 24 m) high Borgmann tower, a brick observation tower built in 1913 by the Knüllgebirgsverein . It is named after the forester Hugo Borgmann (1841–1906), the founder of the Knüllgebirgsverein. In the tower a staircase with a total of 113 steps leads over an intermediate level to the two viewing levels at 19.6 m and 22 m high, each with four 3-part glass windows. From the upper viewing platform , on the windows of which there are orientation boards, the view falls particularly over the wooded mountains and valleys of the Knüll. At a greater distance you can see, among other things - starting clockwise in the north: Hoher Habichtswald , Reinhardswald , Kaufunger Wald , Hoher Meißner , Thuringian Forest , Rhön , Vogelsberg , Taunus , Westerwald , Rothaargebirge and Kellerwald .
Different antennas are attached to the head and roof of the tower.
Affiliated to the Borgmannturm are a mountain inn with a hotel and the Heussner-Haus hiking home of the Knüllgebirgsverein.
Telecommunications tower
Tower data
The 115 m high telecommunications tower Eisenberg ( ⊙ ) of the Deutsche Telekom AG, which was built in reinforced concrete as type tower FMT 5, stands about 340 m west-southwest of the Borgmann tower at about 629 m height .
Frequencies and Programs
In addition to radio relay and non-public radio, the tower also serves to supply the East Hesse region with the Planet more music radio program on the VHF frequency 100.3 MHz with 50 kW ERP. Until 2005 this frequency was used by Hit Radio FFH .
Analog radio (FM):
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Frequency (MHz) |
program | RDS PS | RDS PI | Regionalization |
ERP (kW) |
Antenna pattern round (ND) / directional (D) |
Polarization horizontal (H) / vertical (V) |
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| 100.3 | planet more music radio | _planet_ | D369 | - | 50 | ND | H |
Memorial stones and sacrificial stone
The memorial stones for Joseph von Eichendorff and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn are located on the summit region of the Eisenberg near the Borgmannturm and a little south of it the Dreikreisstein Dreimärker . The Eisenberg's sacrificial stone is located on the southwest slope .
Transport, sports and hiking
District road 34 leads over the Eisenberg ; it runs from Raboldshausen in the north over the summit region and then through Willingshain to Gersdorf in the south. Cross- country trails are groomed on the mountain in winter , there is a toboggan run and a ski lift with a slope . The Eisenberg holiday village is located on the south-west slope. The four long hiking trails Borgmannweg , Burgenweg and Lulluspfad as well as the three short hiking trails Eisenbergweg , Eisenberg-Panoramaweg and hiking trail Oberaula 3 lead over the mountain ; The archaeological hiking trail on the Eisenberg runs along the transition area to the Holsteinkopf .
See also
- List of observation towers in Germany
- List of transmitters in Hessen
- List of the television towers and transmission systems of Deutsche Telekom
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Dominances and celebrities ( memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on highrisepages.de
- ↑ Werner Röll: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 126 Fulda. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF; 4.2 MB)
- ↑ a b “Borgmanturm” lookout tower in Little Red Riding Hood State of Hesse on the Resort Eisenberg GmbH website
- ^ Eisenberg on the website of the Kirchheim community
- ↑ Information according to privately conducted explorations and measurements
literature
- Heinrich Schweitzer: The Eisenberg in Knüll. Hoehl Publishing House. Bad Hersfeld 1958.
