Finkenberg (Fichtel Mountains)

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Finkenberg
height 607  m
location District of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains , Bavaria
Mountains Fichtel Mountains
Coordinates 50 ° 1 '12 "  N , 12 ° 10' 48"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '12 "  N , 12 ° 10' 48"  E
Finkenberg (Fichtelgebirge) (Bavaria)
Finkenberg (Fichtel Mountains)
rock basalt

The Finkenberg is 607  m above sea level. NN a heavily wooded basalt cone near the village of Seußen in the Fichtelgebirge .

geography

The Finkenberg is a secondary peak of the Elmberg around 800 m west of it. The district road WUN 14 / TIR 19 runs north of the summit and leads to Korbersdorf or to the state road St 2176 , which runs east of the mountain from Arzberg to Konnersreuth . They separate the Reichsforst with the Finkenberg from the Kohlwald .

geology

A large basalt eruption area lies between Marktredwitz , Mitterteich , Konnersreuth and Seußen. It is the westernmost branch of the North Bohemian basalt volcanism. In the Miocene , liquid basalt mass came up through the granite .

literature

  • Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. Geodata with the BayernAtlas

cards

  • Bavarian State Surveying Office: UK 50-13 Fichtelgebirge / Steinwald Nature Park, eastern part, scale 1: 50,000

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