Escherberg (Bad Driburg)
| Escherberg | ||
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 View from the south of the Escherberg with the foothills Lilienberg (left) and Quadlenberg (right) |
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| height | 280 m | |
| location | Between Aatal and Escherbachtal in Bad Driburg ( Höxter district ) | |
| Mountains | Brakeler Muschelkalkschwelle | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 43 '56 " N , 9 ° 4' 42" E | |
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| Age of the rock | Shell limestone | |
The Escherberg , a ridge of the Brakeler Muschelkalkschwelle , is located north-northwest of the Herste district in Bad Driburg , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its height is about 280 meters. Today it is almost completely overgrown with beech and spruce forests.
geography
The ridge of the Escherberg stretches for about 3 km from north to south, between the Aa valley in the west and the Escherbach valley in the east, both of which accompany it in a southerly direction. In the north, the Escherberg merges into the Eckernberg as part of the Emder Höhe . In the south, the ridge divides like a fan into three foothills, which protrude far into the valley of the Aa, which bends here to the east to accommodate the Escherbach and flow towards the Nethe . These three foothills are from west to east the Lilienberg , Quadlenberg and Ortberg . Their tops are each a little more than a kilometer apart. The Satzer Moor nature reserve is located in the Aatal between Lilienberg and Quadlenberg . The village of Herste is located in the Aatal between the Quadlenberg and the Ortberg. The slopes there are also called Johannesberg and further above Ziegenberg . On the eastern slope of the Escherberg, the Borngrund , Möncheberg and Mistal form its relief from north to south . Opposite the Borngrund is the Blankengrund on the western slope .
geology
As part of the Brakeler Muschelkalkschwelle, the ridge consists of very water-permeable Muschelkalk . This rests on the red as the top clayey layer of the red sandstone . On all sides of the Escherberg, springs rise at its foot on the impermeable layer of the Röt. The best known source is the Körferquelle in Borngrund on the eastern slope of the Escherberg.
history
Six barrows on the Escherberg are evidence of prehistoric settlement.
In the Middle Ages there were several smaller settlements in the Aatal and Escherbachtal. At that time, arable farming was practiced on suitable areas of the Escherberg. With the late medieval period of desertification , most of these villages perished and the former arable land on the Escherberg was subsequently only used as pasture . It was not until the 19th century that these areas were afforested with spruce , which means that the medieval arable land can still be distinguished from the remaining beech forest.
In the 18th century, glassworks were built in the beech forests around Bad Driburg . In Herste at the foot of the Escherberg, the traditional glass trading companies glaskoch (“ Leonardo ” brand ) and Ritzenhoff & Breker (“R&B”) are still based.
Old Post Street
The Alte Poststraße was a connecting and trading route that ran across the Escherberg on its route. He climbed the Escherberg from the west through the Blankengrund, from the east through the Borngrund at the Körfer spring. The trade route went from Paderborn via Bad Driburg and Brakel to the Weser . Because of its steep places, including on the Escherberg, it was only suitable for lighter transports. This was mainly the transport of glass products from the forests around Bad Driburg, as well as the post. After the Thirty Years' War it was used as a mail route. The post route was abandoned in 1864 with the opening of the Altenbeken – Kreiensen railway line .
biology
The Lilienberg lives up to its name. There bloom u. a. Turkic lily , snowdrop , forest bird , lady 's slipper and daphne .