Geißberg (Hahnenkamm)
| Geissberg | ||
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| height | 589.1 m above sea level NHN | |
| location | near Auernheim ; Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district , Bavaria ( Germany ) | |
| Mountains | Franconian Alb | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 57 '25 " N , 10 ° 48' 42" E | |
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The Geißberg is 589.1 m above sea level. NHN high, partly wooded elevation of the Franconian Alb low mountain range in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen ( Bavaria ).
geography
location
The Geißberg is located in the Altmühltal nature park, southeast of Auernheim , the highest town in Middle Franconia, and northwest of Hagenhof , two districts of Treuchtlingen . A little south of the partly wooded elevation joins the municipality of Polsingen with the district of Döckingen . Parts of the nature reserve protection zone in the Altmühltal nature park are located on the Geißberg ( CDDA no. 396115; designated 1995; 1632.9606 km² ).
To the west are the Schmalenberg and the Schellenberg , to the north-northwest the Ecklestein and beyond it the Gehäubichel . The landscape leads over the latter to the Hahnenkamm ridge .
Natural allocation
The Geißberg belongs to the natural spatial main unit group Franconian Alb (No. 08), the main unit Southern Franconian Alb ( 082) and the sub-unit Altmühlalb (082.2) to the natural area Hahnenkammalb (082.20).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Topographic map : Geißberg , on the Bavarian Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )
- ^ Franz Tichy : Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 163 Nuremberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)