Falkener plate
| Falkener plate | ||
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| Highest peak | Dörnerberg ( 478.1 m above sea level ) | |
| location | Northwest Thuringia ( Germany ). | |
| Part of the main unit | Ringgau – Hainich – Obereichsfeld – Dün – Hainleite , Thuringian Basin (with edge plates) | |
| Classification according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 9 ′ N , 10 ° 16 ′ E | |
| rock | Shell limestone | |
The part of the western Muschelkalk framing of the Thuringian Basin , main unit Ringgau – Hainich – Obereichsfeld – Dün – Hainleite in the districts of Wartburg and Unstrut-Hainich , is called the Falkener Platte , east of the Werra and west of the Hainich .
Geographical location
The wedge-shaped ridge between the Werra and the Hainich is about 9 km long in north-south direction and up to 6 km wide at its widest point in the north.
It is orographically bounded by the Werra in the southwest, the Heldrabach ( Haselbach ) in the northwest and the Lempertsbach in the east. The closest town of Treffurt is located on the western edge , Heyerode on the northeast and Mihla on the southeast edge. The independent city of Eisenach is about 10 km from the southern edge.
Natural allocation
The Falkener Platte is naturally assigned according to Blatt Kassel as follows:
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(for 47/48 Thuringian basins (with edge plates) )
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(to 483 Ringgau – Hainich – Obereichsfeld – Dün – Hainleite )
- 483.5 Hainich
- 483.52 Falkener plate
- 483.5 Hainich
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(to 483 Ringgau – Hainich – Obereichsfeld – Dün – Hainleite )
The Falkener Platte represents an independent ridge, which is separated from the Hohen Hainich by the Grundbach valley of the Lempertsbach = Grundbach on the Eichenberg-Gotha-Saalfeld fault zone . The western spur, which orographically belongs to Falkener Platte, with Adolfsburg north of Treffurt and the adjoining Haselbachtal are naturally included in the Wanfrieder Werra Heights.
In the purely inner- Thuringian breakdown of The Natural Spaces of Thuringia by the Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG), the Falkener Platte is assigned to the Werrabergland – Hörselberge unit .
geology
The Falkener Platte forms a transition area between the mighty Muschelkalk plateaus of Hainich and Oberen Eichsfeld east of the Werra and the Muschelkalkplatte of the Northern Ringgau west of the Werra. The drop to small side valleys of the Werra or to the Werra itself takes place in a steep step, the actual Werra breakthrough.
While the plateaus and flat slopes are used for agriculture, the steep edges are predominantly forested.
mountains
The most important mountains are according to height:
- Dörnerberg (478.1 m), Unstrut-Hainich district, south of Diedorf
- Linden hedge (446.3 m), border area of the districts of Unstrut-Hainich and Wartburg, south of Schierschwende
- Dudelberg (435.1 m), Wartburgkreis, west of Hallungen
- Goldberg (379.8 m), Wartburgkreis, east of Falken
- Eselskopf (365.7 m), Wartburgkreis, west of Nazza
- Sülzenberg (362.0 m), Wartburg district, east of Treffurt
- Fuchsberg (350.2 m), Wartburgkreis, southwest of Nazza
- Kahn (321.7 m), Wartburgkreis, north of Falken
The narrow ridge of the Adolfsburg (378.7 m) to the west , in the Wartburg district, is already part of the natural area of the Wanfrieder Werrahöhen .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 112 Kassel - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969 → online map
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^ Walter Hiekel, Frank Fritzlar, Andreas Nöllert and Werner Westhus: The natural spaces of Thuringia . Ed .: Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG), Thuringian Ministry for Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Environment . 2004, ISSN 0863-2448 . → Natural area map of Thuringia (TLUG) - PDF; 260 kB → Maps by district (TLUG)
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
