Fin (ridge)

fin
Highest peak	Wetzelshain (depending on definition) ( 370.1 m above sea level )
location	in the Burgenlandkreis and Sömmerda district ; Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia ( Germany )
Coordinates	51 ° 11 ′ N , 11 ° 27 ′ E Coordinates: 51 ° 11 ′ N , 11 ° 27 ′ E
surface	depending on the definition of the demarcation to Hoher Schrecke / Schmücke up to 140 km²

The Finn (formerly Vinne and Uinna ) is, depending on the definition, up to 370.1 m above sea level. NHN high mountain range up to 23 km long in the Burgenland district ( Saxony-Anhalt ) and in the Sömmerda district ( Thuringia ) in Germany .

Name origin

The name of the ridge, whose meaning is not clear, was mentioned in 1142 as Vinne and in 1168 as Uinna . The derivation of swamp (like Hohes Venn and Fehn ) and a takeover of the name of the Finnberg are possible.

geography

location

The Finn - partially located in the Saale-Unstrut-Triasland Nature Park - together with the Schmücke mountain ranges in the west-northwest, Hohe Schrecke in the northwest and the Hainleite on the other side of both, delimits the northeastern part of the Thuringian Basin . It lies between Burgwend in the north-west, Billroda , the somewhat distant Bad Bibra and Wischroda in the north-east, Rastenberg and Bachra in the south-west and extends from the north-west over Eckartsberga to Bad Sulza an der Ilm ( Saale tributary) in the south-east. Not far northeast of the fin flows the Saale tributary Unstrut .

At the Finne there is a retention basin directly east of Bachra and several ponds are located in the forest east-southeast of Rastenberg.

The foothills of the Finns and Schmücke, which merge into one another - between Bad Sulza in the southeast and Heldrungen in the northwest - are together almost 40 km long, and the approximately 23 km long Finn (Bad Sulza − Burgwend) is a maximum of 12 km wide with its foothills.

Differentiation to high horror and jewelry

The Finn passes over to the west-north-west into the Schmücke and to the north-west into the Hohe Schrecke . It used to be seen as the core ridge, which splits into the other two roughly beyond the line Burgwend - Langenroda , whereby its highest mountain would be the 370.1 m high Wetzelshain and its area would be about 140 km². Today, however, the wooded parts of the rump plateau are in the Hohe Schrecke nature reserve , which is why they are usually assigned to that partial mountain range on maps. This significantly reduced the area of the fin.

In principle, the transition from the red sandstone hull to the Hohe Schrecke is fluid and does not represent a natural or geological boundary. Only the boundary to the narrow Finnberg ridge in the southwest , which is part of the Finns, and to the Schmücke to the west-northwest - both of which are primarily shell limestone .

Natural allocation

From a natural perspective, the Finn - in the Unteren Unstrut mountain and hill country - is part of the red sandstone hill country (No. 2) of the Hohe Schrecke – Schmücke – Finne natural area (2.2).

Surveys

The Finns' elevations include - with a height in meters (m) above mean sea level:

→ for this and other (Thuringian) surveys, see paragraph Finne of the article List of Mountains in Thuringia

Seligenbornsberg ( 356 m ), in the transition area to the Hohe Schrecke; northeast of Lossa, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
Erbsland (353.6 m), in the transition area to the Hohe Schrecke; near Ostramondra, Sömmerda district, Thuringia
Querigberg (345.8 m), southwest of Lossa, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
Finnberg ( 332.4 m ), near Burgwend, Sömmerda district, Thuringia
Wolfsanger (327.8 m), south of Wohlmirstedt, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
nameless mountain? (312.0 m), south of Braunsroda, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt
Mühlberg (310.4 m), north of Rastenberg, Sömmerda district, Thuringia
Schloßberg ( 299.4 m ), in / near Eckartsberga, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt

Protected areas

Depending on the definition, if the Hohe Schrecke is counted as a Finn, parts of the Finn were designated as part of the Hohe Schrecke nature reserve in 2004 ( CDDA no. 329442), which has an area of 34.593 km² (according to other information, 34.37 km²). The area was reported to the European Commission as part of the fauna-flora-habitat area Hohe Schrecke-Finne (FFH no. 4734-320; 57.32 km²) . The bird sanctuary Hohe Schrecke-Finne (VSG no. 4734-320; 57.32 km²) is congruent with the FFH area .

traffic

The federal highways 176 (near Billroda and Rothenberga ) and 87 (near Eckartsberga and Mallendorf ) lead through the Finns, from the latter in Eckartsberga the federal highway 250 branches off to the north. Several state and county roads branch off from these roads and run through the Finns. The Finne tunnel on the new Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle railway line crosses under the Finn over a length of 6,970 m. The Finnebahn used to run roughly in an east-west direction through the landscape near Rothenberga . The Pfefferminzbahn runs past the outer south-east foothills of the Finn , from which two railway lines branch off at Bad Sulza there - outside the Finn.

literature

Bergmannsverein "Glück Auf" Roßleben (Ed.): Potash mining on Unstrut and Finne . Beier and Beran, Langen Weißenbach 2002, p. 280 .

References and comments

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
↑ ^a ^b Length of the Finns ridge from Seligenbornsberg near Lossa in the northwest to the outer south-east foothills near Bad Sulza ( Bad Sulza Nord stop of the Pfefferminzbahn ) measured: around 23 km (according to the individual card services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation )
^ E. Meynen and J. Schmithüsen : Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960)
↑ Measurement over geopaths (kmz. 10 kB); Only 30 of the 166 km² of the red sandstone hull thus accounted for the Hohe Schrecke, for the Finns the ridge of the Finnberg would be added.
↑ Nature reserves in the Sömmerda district: Hohe Schrecke. Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG), 2011, accessed on April 13, 2011 : “The NSG comprises a large, complex, very structurally rich, large and uncut mixed beech forests (including woodruff-beech forests, grove-sessile oak-mixed forests, Winkelseggen-alder-ash forests ) with a remarkable range of species. It also represents a particularly valuable reproduction area for the wild cat. "

Web links

Commons : Finne - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Map / aerial photo of the north-eastern edge of the Thuringian Basin with the Finn (kmz, 10 kB)

[BFN-Karten-1] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[HLänge-2] Length of the Finns ridge from Seligenbornsberg near Lossa in the northwest to the outer south-east foothills near Bad Sulza ( Bad Sulza Nord stop of the Pfefferminzbahn ) measured: around 23 km (according to the individual card services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation )

[Meynen-3] E. Meynen and J. Schmithüsen : Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960)

[Messung-4] Measurement over geopaths (kmz. 10 kB); Only 30 of the 166 km² of the red sandstone hull thus accounted for the Hohe Schrecke, for the Finns the ridge of the Finnberg would be added.

[TLUG-5] Nature reserves in the Sömmerda district: Hohe Schrecke. Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology (TLUG), 2011, accessed on April 13, 2011 : “The NSG comprises a large, complex, very structurally rich, large and uncut mixed beech forests (including woodruff-beech forests, grove-sessile oak-mixed forests, Winkelseggen-alder-ash forests ) with a remarkable range of species. It also represents a particularly valuable reproduction area for the wild cat. "