Ferschweiler plateau
The Ferschweiler plateau , including the communities in the Ferschweiler and Ernzen lie is a vast plateau of sandstone and is located in Bitburg-Prüm in Rhineland-Palatinate . In terms of landscape, the Ferschweiler plateau lies in the southern Eifel .
The Ferschweiler Plateau is particularly known for its many Neolithic (Neolithic) sites. Mention should be made in particular of the woman's cross , the Langstein and the Druidenstein, which originated from the megalithic culture and, according to tradition, was carved by hand by the missionary Willibrord from a 4.50 m high Hünenstein, now 3.50 m high . On the back of the plateau there is also the Devil's Gorge and a Neolithic and a Gallo-Roman cemetery .
The Ferschweiler plateau (like the neighboring smaller plateaus of Bollendorf and Wolsfeld) is a stratum formed by the water-permeable Luxembourg sandstone from the Jura (Lias li2), which is largely on the mostly groundwater-retaining strata of the Upper Triassic (Keuper) lies.
literature
- Wolfgang Spielmann: The Ferschweiler Plateau . ISBN 3-925533-17-6 .
- H. Wolfgang Wagner et al .: Trier and surroundings (= collection of geological guides . Volume 60 ). 3rd, completely revised edition. Borntraeger, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-443-15094-5 .
Web links
- Landscape area Ferschweiler-Plateau at naturschutz.rlp.de
- To search for cultural assets: Ferschweiler-Plateau in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Coordinates: 49 ° 51 ′ 21 ″ N , 6 ° 24 ′ 32 ″ E