Fürstenberg (Xanten)

Furstenberg
height	71.6  m above sea level NN
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
Coordinates	51 ° 38 '57 "  N , 6 ° 28' 14"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 38 '57 "  N , 6 ° 28' 14"  E

The Fürstenberg , located 71.6 meters above sea ​​level , is a hill southeast of the city of Xanten , which also gave its name to the Fürstenberg monastery , which was formerly located there and of which only the “Kreuzkapelle” built in 1671/72 has been preserved. As early as 13/12 BC The Roman legion camp Vetera was built on the southern slope of the Fürstenberg . Part of the Fürstenberg, around 47 hectares , is now a nature reserve .

The Fürstenberg is part of a compression moraine that was formed in the Saale Ice Age and continues westwards over the “Hees” forest to the so-called “Sonsbeck Switzerland” southwest of Xanten, and to the east it forms a striking steep slope towards Bislicher Insel . The entire compression moraine is characterized by ravines and dry valleys . The Fürstenberg is mainly overgrown with beech , oak , ash and chestnut trees, while the western parts of the terminal moraine merge into agricultural areas. In the southern area there are isolated stream sources . The Fürstenberg is an important habitat for various rare animal species, including piped bats , green woodpeckers , redstart , nightingales , sparrowhawks and pied flycatchers as well as water frogs .

The "Garten Krautwig" located on the Fürstenberg shows an inner courtyard with myrtles and beech trees, a herb garden and a perennial garden on 1.5 hectares of a 130 year old farm. Chestnuts, a pond and many roses, some of which are rare, round off the garden on the street of garden art between the Rhine and the Maas .

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  Avenue in summer

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  Kreuzkapelle

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  Dusk on the Fürstenberg

swell

1. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )

literature

Caelius and after? History and future of the Fürstenberg and the Bislicher Insel near Xanten, Table Ronde in Xanten from 18. – 19. June 2009 (= materials for the preservation of monuments in the Rhineland 23), ed. by Jürgen Kunow, Treis-Karden 2011. ISBN 978-3-9811909-4-6

Web links

Commons : Fürstenberg (Xanten)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Fürstenberg (Xanten)" (WES-008) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia